Educator.
Born at London, England on 24 April 1906, daughter of Lucy Eleanor Burden (1872-1965) and Robert Edward Saunders (1873-1954), she immigrated to Canada in 1917 and became a teacher. Within Manitoba, she taught at Crandall School (1929) and was Principal of North Springfield School (1935) and Green Ridge School (1936). By the early 1950s, she gained employment as a secretary, working in that role for 21 years, including for the Vancouver Housing Association. By the 1960s, she had moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where, on 16 November 1972, she died enroute to St. Pauls Hospital. Her cremains were interred in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Death registrations [Robert Edward Saunders, Lucy Eleanor Saunders, Alice Edith Lucy Saunders], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Mountain View Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 9 September 2024
Memorable Manitobans
This is a collection of noteworthy Manitobans from the past, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. We acknowledge that the collection contains both reputable and disreputable people. All are worth remembering as a lesson to future generations.
Search the collection by word or phrase, name, place, occupation or other text:
Custom SearchBrowse surnames beginning with:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ZBrowse deaths occurring in:
1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the Memorable Manitobans Administrator at biographies@mhs.mb.caCriteria for Memorable Manitobans | Suggest a Memorable Manitoban | Firsts | Acknowledgements
Help us keep
history alive!
