Picture this, 1995, three little boys playing on the Hermanus Primary School playing field, Dawie said, “when I grow up, I am going to be a policeman.” Franklin said, “I am going to be a fireman.” Young Hannes Smal joined in by saying, “I am going to help people.”
Hannes was born and bred in Hermanus, matriculating at Hermanus High School in 2003 and held various positions at different companies before realizing his childhood dream and at the tender age of 23, in 2009 he opened his own funeral undertaking business here in Hermanus, namely, Anré Funeral Services. Anré Funeral Services professional and caring team provides a comprehensive range of funeral services to meet all budgets, faiths and personal needs across the Western Cape of South Africa. We are committed to understanding your unique needs and we ensure everyone is treated with dignity, respect and compassion. Hannes is currently serving on the boards of many local community service centres and old age homes. He is also associated with “age in Action”, and assists them yearly with sporting events for the service centres in the Overberg. Many years later and Hermanus branch is still situated at 11 Argon Street where he originally opened. Sheila, Hannes’ mother, affectionately known as “Moekie” joined Hannes in his venture and is still based at the Hermanus branch. Hannes soon began spreading his wings and opened a second and third branch late 2009 in Caledon which is now where his Corporate Head Office is based, housed in their own huge double storey building at 29 Church Street. Anré has expanded services offered to now include worldwide repatriations due to having an in-house qualified embalmer and restorative technician. The full range of services offered by Anré are;
Funerals
Cremations
Coffins
Caskets
Ash urns
Flowers (fresh and artificial)
Monumentals (tombstones)
Funerals policies ranging from single life cover to family cover, to senior citizen policies to pre-paid funerals
World wide repatriations
Embalming
Pet Cremations (one of our latest ventures)
From humble beginnings, the business has grown into a well respected service provider, capable of meeting the needs of any funeral, across South Africa as well as additional services provided abroad.
