Educator.
Born in Montreal, Quebec around 1920, she graduated from Morden Business College (1938), after which she came to Winnipeg to attended Western Bible College (1944) and Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada (1945), and ministered at a Pentecostal church in rural Manitoba during the 1940s.
She returned to Winnipeg to attend United College, graduating from the University of Manitoba with BTh (1954), BA (1957), and BEd (1963) degrees. She was taught at Alma School (1948), Hodgson School (1951), Stony Mountain School (1958-1959, Principal), Belmont School (1959-1961), Emerson Collegiate (1961-1971; Principal 1966), and Fisher Branch Collegiate (1971-1974). After retirement, she moved to Winnipeg and was an active member of Calvary Temple.
She died unmarried at Winnipeg on 31 July 2015 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 August 2015.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Emerson School District No. 2365 - Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Audrey Caldwell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 June 2024
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