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The following Memorable Manitobans died in 1979:
Bertram Frederick “Fred” Addy (1909-1979)
Cecil Harold Barkley (1908-1979)
Klaas R. “K.R.” Barkman (1893-1979)
Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)
James Reynolds Bell (1891-1979)
Elizabeth Hazeltine “Bonnie” Bjarnarson (1893-1979)
Thomas Charles Boucher Boon (1887-1979)
William Boyd (1885-1979)
George McLeod Brownell (1899-1979)
Murray Hogg Campbell (1909-1979)
Raymond Darwin Chase (1905-1979)
Walter George Crane (1906-1979)
Donald G. Creighton (1902-1979)
Margaret Amelia Creighton (1911-1979)
Caroline Cumming (1885-1979)
James George “Jim” Dark (1910-1979)
Cornelius Abraham DeFehr (1881-1979)
George Wesley Denstedt (1896-1979)
George Love Dibblee (1889-1979)
John G. Diefenbaker (1895-1979)
James Archibald “Jimmy” Dunn (1898-1979)
Frank Henry Ellis (1893-1979)
Joseph “Joe” Federick (1910-1979)
Walter Ross Forrester (1886-1979)
Sigurdur Franklin “Frank” Fredrickson (1895-1979)
Mary Catherine Unger Freear (1893-1979)
Leslie Frank Gates (1917-1979)
Archibald Charles “Charlie” Goucher (1907-1979)
Henry Archibald Vaughan “Harry” Green (1888-1979)
Sedley Blanchard Gunn (1896-1979)
Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)
John “Jack” Hassard (1912-1979)
Ernest Sidney Heys (1903-1979)
Gordon Edward Hooker (1897-1979)
Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)
Henry Frederick Hyson (1904-1979)
John Myer Isaacs (1892-1979)
Thorvaldur Johnson (1898-1979)
James Arthur Johnston (1888-1979)
Jonina Thorunn Kristjanson (1906-1979)
Wilhelm “Will” Kristjanson (1896-1979)
Wasyl “Basil” Kushnir (1893-1979)
Henry Gratton “Gin” Langrell (1893-1979)
Inez Lillian Falardeau McCallum (1898-1979)
George Isaac McCullough (1895-1979)
Harry Harman McCullough (1902-1979)
James Archie McLeod (1903-1979)
Joseph Antoine “Aime” Nadeau (1899-1979)
Farquhar Nicolson (1898-1979)
Beatrice Fern Orriss (1903-1979)
Charles Edward Parker (1924-1979)
Richard Henry Patmore (1903-1979)
Henry Stewart Perdue (1904-1979)
Jacob Jacob “Jake” Peters (1909-1979)
Samuel Price Rattray (1903-1979)
William Edgar Rogers (1889-1979)
David Francis “Mac” Rose (1894-1979)
Norman Martin Rusaw (1912-1979)
Luther L. Schuetze (1891-1979)
Mabel I. Shannon [Sister Mary Hilda] (c1890-1979)
Thomas William “Tommy” Siers (1896-1979)
Snjolaug Anna Sigurdson (?-1979)
Christina Mary McRostie Sinclair (1893-1979)
Morley Fraser Sparrow (1915-1979)
Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)
Alfred James Struthers (1889-1979)
Rupert Leslie Taylor (1905-1979)
Clarence Eric Tibbatts (1904-1979)
Alfred Rea Tucker (1909-1979)
Janet Wilkie Usher (1902-1979)
Melford Seldon Watson (1890-1979)
Joseph Wawrykow (1908-1979)
Abraham Hiebert “Abram” Wiebe (1892-1979)
William Wallace “Bill” Wright (1891-1979)
If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 1979, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here. Criteria for inclusion in the collection are given here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 May 2024
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