Educator.
Born at New Westminster, British Columbia on 15 October 1927, she completed her education and teacher training there. She taught for five years in British Columbia then continued in Quebec and Wales before moving to Winnipeg where she worked for the Winnipeg School Division.
She taught at Kent Road School (1956-1960) and was the Principal of Sir Sam Steele School (1967-1969), Inkster School (1969-1974), John Dafoe School (1975-?) and Laura Secord School (1979-1990). She served as President of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (1974-1975), Winnipeg Teachers’ Association (?-?), Retired Teachers’ Association of Manitoba (1994-1995), Manitoba Society of Seniors (?-?), and the Manitoba Chapter of the Kappa Gamma Educational Society (?-?). In recognition of her service, she received a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977).
In the 1970s, she lived at 131 Harris Boulevard, Winnipeg with Ethel Marguerite Arnott. She later married widower Harold Leonard Peter Hunter (1930-2024). She traveled widely, spent winters during retirement at Mesa, Arizona, and had a cottage at Brereton Lake.
She died at the Grace Hospital on 26 June 2026.
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Obituary [Harold Leonard Peter Hunter], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 June 2024.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 2026.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 2026.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Dorothy Young for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 July 2026
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