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Greta Ellen Elizabeth Anderson
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Community activist.
Born in the Springbrook School district in 1916, she married George Alfred Anderson (1906-1991) on 4 May 1935 and they had two daughters and five sons. She was one of the founding directors of the Association for Community Living (ACL) and one of those instrumental in establishing Sprucedale Industries, an organization that supplies life experiences for challenged adults. She died at MacGregor on 7 January 1995 and was buried in the Austin Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Greta Elizabeth Ellen Lowe, George Alfred Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 January 1995, page 12.
We thank Colleen Leslie for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Arlene Jarema and Gordon Goldsborough.
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