Community volunteer.
Born at Winnipeg on 25 January 1910, she grew up at Roblin with her parents Rose Goldstein and Sam Kulberg where her father ran a general store and she learned to play the piano. She returned to Winnipeg in 1929, studied and became a secretary. On 12 August 1932, she married Benny Binder (?-1966) and they had two daughters. The family moved to Rainy River, Ontario where they ran the general store for over twenty years. She returned to Winnipeg after the death of her husband, where she began 30 years as a volunteer piano player for residents at Deer Lodge Hospital, later performing at several other nursing homes and seniors’ centres. In recognition of her service, she received a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1976) and was made a member of the Order of the Buffalo Hunt (1977). She died at the Misericordia Health Centre on 16 February 2007. She is commemorated by the Esther Binder Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba.
Birth registration [Esther Kulberg], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Esther Kulberg, Benny Binder], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 2007.
“They left their mark,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 December 2007, page B2.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 September 2024
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