Community activist.
Born at St. Joseph on 22 January 1923, eldest daughter of Laura Dionne and Edmond Delorme, she attended St. Joseph School before marrying Jean-Louis Perron (1918-2004) and having seven children. She and her husband founded the St. Joseph Museum for which she received the Prix Riel (2001). In retirement she moved to St. Malo in 2003. She died at St-Pierre-Jolys on 23 April 2024.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Joseph Museum (St. Joseph, RM of Montcalm)
Birth registration [Marie Marguerie Laura Delorme], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Jean-Louis Perron], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 March 2004.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 2024.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2024
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