Community activist.
Born at Regina, Saskatchewan on 13 May 1944, daugher of Bill Rieger and Rose Rieger, she attended school in Regina. In 1963 the family moved to Fredericktown, New Brunswick. After her marriage in 1996, she moved to Winnipeg. She was one of the pioneer “Home Care” dialysis patients in Manitoba and was one of the authors of a services manual for use by kidney patients across Canada. She was also a resource person for dialysis patients, medical professionals and spoke to nursing classes. She died at Winnipeg on 25 August 2002 and was interred in Assumption Cemetery.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 August 2002.
“They will never be forgotten” by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2002, page A8.
This page was prepared by Ian Stewart.
Page revised: 26 December 2016
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