Community worker.
Born at Winnipeg on 29 May 1927, daughter of Bjarni Peter Bjarnason (c1895-1973) and Una Bjarnason (?-?), she resided most of her life in East Kildonan. On 5 March 1949, she married James Roger “Jim” Beckel (1923-1987) at First Lutheran Church and they subsequently had a daughter and two sons. She worked delivering Meals on Wheels and later became Coordinator of Volunteers, she was a representative for the Welcome Wagon, secretary for home welfare and was Executive Director of the Christmas Cheer Board of Greater Winnipeg (1974-1996). In recognition of her community service, she was inducted into the Order of the Buffalo Hunt (1996). She died at Winnipeg on 12 May 2008.
“Beckel-Bjarnason wedding in First Lutheran Church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 March 1949, page 11.
Obituary [Bjarni Peter Bjarnason], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 May 1973, page 40.
Obituary [James Roger Beckel], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1987, page 51.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 2008.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 October 2024
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