Memorable Manitobans: Katherine Caroline Weber (1912-1986)

Educator.

Born in the RM of Thompson on 4 November 1912, daughter of John B. Weber (?-1948) and Katherine Weber (c1883-1961), she attended Normal School then taught at Eriksdale School (?-?), Deer Creek School (?-?), Brunkild School (1942-1944), Starbuck School (1944-1948), and General Byng School (1949-1965). On retiring from General Byng, the library there was named for her. She died at Winnipeg on 13 September 1986 and was buried in the Hillside Cemetery at Morden.

Sources:

Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary [Katherine Weber], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 August 1961, page 43.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 1986, page 33.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 November 2022

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