Educator.
Born in Winnipeg, daughter of Frederick Theodore “Fred” Phillips (c1894-1990) and Lena Skrentovich (c1898-1966), she attended the Central Normal School enroute to a lifetime career in education. She worked initially in rural Manitoba, including at Briton School (1937-1938) and Moosehorn School (1938-1940).
In 1940, she joined the staff of the Winnipeg School District, teaching at Sir Sam Steele School (1940-1943), Champlain School (1943-1947), Lord Roberts School (1948-1954), as an exchange teacher at Glasgow, Scotland (1954-1955), David Livingstone School (1955-1958), Queenston School (1958-1962), and Grant Park High School (1963-1967). She next worked at Riverview-Ashland School as Teaching Vice-Principal [and the head administrator] of Ashland School (1967-1969), and was Principal of Sir John Franklin School (1969-1970), Grosvenor School (1970-1977), and Wolseley School (1977-1980). She was a member of the of the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg.
She died at the Victoria General Hospital on 22 July 2000.
Marriage registrations [Frederick Theodore Phillips, Lena Skrentovich], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Time to travel, study,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 June 1954, page 26.
Obituary [Lena Phillips], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 March 1966, page 31.
Obituary [Frederick Theodore Phillips], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 March 1990, page 55.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 2000, page B10.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), PR00-01-54549 - Ann Phillips, GR14706,Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 November 2024
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