Educator.
Born at St. Jean Baptiste in 1925, daughter of Ruth Kathleen MacKinnon (c1896-1971) and Thomas Edward Stewart (?-?), at the age of 17 she taught on permit in rural one-room schools. She graduated from the University of Manitoba and over time earned BA, BEd (1966), and PhD degrees.
On 20 September 1947, she married Norman Alwyn “Norm” Stanbra (1915-1993) at Stonewall. They had no children. Her teaching career included service at Centre School (1949-1952), Balmoral School (1952-1953), Wolseley School (1957-1962), and River Heights School (1964-1969). She was Vice-Principal of the newly merged Riverview-Ashland School, working as head administrator at Ashland School (1969-1974) prior to being Principal of Robertson School (1974-1976) and Faraday School (1977-1980).
She died on 18 January 2011.
Marriage registration [Ruth Kathleen MacKinnon, Thomas Edward Stewart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Stanbra - Stewart,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 September 1947, page 12.
“Record number will graduate at 88th exercise [Bachelor of Education],” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 1967, page 11.
Obituary [R. Kathleen Stewart], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 November 1971, page 29.
“Policeman say school patrols marvelous,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 June 1975, page 21.
[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1976, page 12.
Obituary [Norman Stanbra], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 September 1993, page C11.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 January 2011, page C22.
Winnipeg Estate file PR11-01-86910, Donalda R. Stanbra, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 October 2024
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