Located on the grounds of Brooklands School (within which the Brooklands Day Care Centre operates) in Winnipeg, this commemorative plaque honours local activist Walter Everett Kipling. Installed on 13 October 2004, it was dedicated to his community contributions by the Brooklands Day Care, Brooklands Residents Association, Brooklands School, Brooklands Pioneer Seniors Citizens, and the Brooklands Youth and Community Committee.
Walter Everett Kipling was born at Sylvania, Saskatchewan on 1 March 1930, son of Earl Kipling (1903-1999) and Helen Kipling (1904-1994). He enlisted in the Canadian Army in October 1945, and again from April 1951 through June 1960, during the latter of which he was posted to the Korean peninsula during the Korean War. In Manitoba by the late 1950s, he resided in Brooklands and worked at Labatts Brewery during the 1960s before joining St. James-Assiniboia School Division and working as a janitor at local schools. He retired from the Division following 27 years of service. He was active with the ABC Bowling League for over two decades and was a member of the Brooklands Pioneer Senior Citizens Club, Brooklands-Weston Legion, and served on the Board of Directors for Brooklands Day Care for over 20 years. Around 1955, he married Charlotte Joyce Paxman (1934-2008) and they had one daughter and three sons. He died at the Riverview Health Centre on 9 January 2004.
Walter Kipling Plaque (May 2016)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92128, W97.20256
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Butterworth School / Brooklands School (1950 Pacific Avenue West, Winnipeg)
Canadian voter lists, Ancestry.
Obituary [Helen Kipling], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 September 1994, page B3.
Obituary [Earl Kipling], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 November 1999, page C11.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 2004, page 24.
Obituary [Charlotte Joyce Kipling], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 2008, page 36.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 April 2020
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