The following Memorable Manitobans died in 1997:
Hugh Avery Benham (1911-1997)
John Leslie Bodie (1909-1997)
Malvina Marjorie Bolus (1906-1997)
Stanley V. Bowers (1906-1997)
Eleanor Boyce (c1899-1997)
Robert Harold “Bulldog” Brown (1938-1997)
Joseph William Butcher (1906-1997)
Donald Leslie “Don” Campbell (1906-1997)
Charles Frederick Code (1910-1997)
Clarence Edward Kennedy Cohoe (1911-1997)
Wilfred Roy Corbett (1910-1997)
James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)
John Neilson Brown Crawford (1906-1997)
Cheryl Marlene Davidson (1951-1997)
Myrtle Jean Davis (1923-1997)
Emily Sumi “Emilie” Denney (1907-1997)
Agnes Beswell Davidson “Nan” Donald (1895-1997)
Mary Crain Doolin (1906-1997)
Ruby Marian Douglas (1908-1997)
Mary McLaren “Mae” Gardiner (?-1997)
George Lindsay Gardner (1901-1997)
Jean Cuthand Goodwill (1928-1997)
Esther E. Goossen (1920-1997)
Richard Clayton “Rich” Goulden (1941-1997)
Alexander Henry “Alex” Graham (1912-1997)
Frederick William Hamilton (1910-1997)
William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)
Stanley Corbett “Stan” Henderson (1910-1997)
Margaret Frances Jackson Hobbs (1909-1997)
Leonard Isaacs (1909-1997)
Grace Edna Johnson (c1910-1997)
Claude Amnesty Joyce (1908-1997)
William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)
Herbert Douglas Kemp (1913-1997)
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
Chaim Nachman Kushner (1905-1997)
William Dangerfield “Bill” Lount (1914-1997)
Maurice Lucow (1918-1997)
Elizabeth Helene Donaldson “Bessie” Maguet (1912-1997)
Francis McDonald “Mac” Manwaring (1915-1997)
Edna Malinda McConnell (1913-1997)
Roderick Hugh “Rod” McIsaac (1927-1997)
Kenneth McNaught (1918-1997)
William Theodor “Bill” Meseman (1914-1996)
Russell Alex Michaluk (1925-1997)
James Thomas Mills (1914-1997)
Ralph Scott Misener (c1909-1997)
Lawrence Ross “Lawrie” Mitchell (c1931-1997)
St. Clair A. Monaghan (1906-1997)
Wilfrid [Wilfred] Lafrance Patrick Moran (1908-1997)
Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)
Donald Melvin Muir (1924-1997)
John Randolph Murray (1916-1997)
Richard Nielsen (1914-1997)
Oliver Glen Olmstead (?-1997)
Michael Pasichny (1924-1997)
Gordon Langsdale Pickering (1913-1997)
John Whitney “Jack” Pickersgill (1905-1997)
Robert Peter “Bob” Purves (1927-1997)
Robert J. “Bobby” Reith (1915-1997) - SHOF
Grayce Elizabeth Ross Riley (?-1997)
Edith Winnifred Morrison Robertson (1909-1997)
Mina Rosner (1913-1997)
David “Dave” Rothstein (1914-1997)
Beatrice Barrie Hawken Sharpe (?-1997)
Bonar Franklyn “Frank” Shinn (1911-1997)
Harry Smith (1913-1997)
Sidney Merlin Spidell (1900-1997)
Frank Irwin Tindall (1911-1997)
Earl John “Curly” Tyler (1913-1997)
Tyler, Thomas Frank “Tom” (1912-1997)
Charles Arnold Ursel (1906-1997)
Thomas Robert Weir (1912-1997)
Winnifred Anna Yuill Whitley (1907-1997)
Kurt Frank Winter (1946-1997)
Walter Yanchyshyn (1922-1997)
Samuel Yaremchuk (1933-1997)
Orest Ziolkoski (1933-1997)
If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 1997, 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: 3 September 2024
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