Memorable Manitobans: Tyrrell Kingsley Mendis (1934-2021)

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Tyrrell Kingsley Mendis
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Photographer.

After his retirement from the provincial civil service, he indulged an interest in photography by travelling around Manitoba to take images of rural scenes, churches, and more. He and wife Doreen May Mendis (1932-2020) had no children. He died at Winnipeg on 25 September 2021.

Sources:

Obituary [Doreen May Mendis], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 November 2020.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 October 2021.

About Me, The Impressionists.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 December 2021

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