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The following Memorable Manitobans died in 1978:
Jean Marion Avery (1899-1978)
Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978)
Marie Mamie Caroline Conrad Barrie (1908-1978)
George Nicholas Bass (1897-1978)
Robert Edward Beecher (1892-1978)
James William Beer (1896-1978)
John Linthwaite “Lin” Bend (1922-1978)
Percy Finley Brown (1891-1978)
Edgerton Wellington “Ed” Byers (1882-1978)
Myrtle Lucinda Johnston Campbell (1902-1978)
Emerson Goldwin Christilaw (1904-1978)
Robert John Cochrane (1900-1978)
Claude Peter “Dett” Dettloff (1899-1978)
Jacobus Petrus “Pete” de Wet (1883-1978)
Samuel Howard “Sam” Doctoroff (1907-1978)
William Vladimir “Bill” Domitrack (1908-1978)
Lottie Jean Chapman Duncan (1887-1978)
George Clark Fairfield (1912-1978)
Eva Menzies Lovatt Fallis (1914-1978)
William Parker Fillmore (1882-1978)
Richard Elmer Forbes (1894-1978)
Marshall Jerome Gauvin (1881-1978)
Charles P. Gilraine (c1920-1978)
Albert Edward “Ed” Golding (1915-1978)
Nicholas de Grandmaison (1892-1978)
William Jonathan Gresham (1903-1978)
John Sigfus Helgason (?-1978)
Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)
Eugene Francis Henry “Frank” Hughes (1909-1978)
Frederick Lawrence “Fred” Jamieson (1888-1978)
Johann Gestur Johannsson (1886-1978)
Edward Eldjarn Johnson (1900-1978)
Jonas Thorlaksson Jonasson (1890-1978)
Joseph “Joe” Kerbrat (1921-1978)
Eleanor Maude Death Kidd (1881-1978)
Bessie May Cameron Lancaster (1892-1978)
Paul Cameron “Cam” Langille (1897-1978)
Benjamin Evan “Ben” Lewis (1897-1978)
William Stanley “Bill” Lockhart (1896-1978)
Elizabeth Dundas Long (1891-1978)
Annie Isabel MacArthur (1916-1978)
John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978)
Howard Cecil MacGregor (1893-1978)
Norman John “Norm” MacMillan (1909-1978)
William Sheppard May (1907-1978)
Stanley Norman McFarlane (1915-1978)
Gladys Kathleen McQueen (1906-1978)
Calvert Charlton Miller (1899-1978)
Coulson Norman Mitchell (1889-1978)
Margaret Euphemia Monteith (1884-1978)
Geoffrey Wilson Northcott (1920-1978)
Robert P. Painchaud (1941-1978)
Harry Clare Pentland (1914-1978)
Thomas Alexander Pincock (1894-1978)
Katherine Gloria Queen-Hughes (1909-1978)
Ada “Aunt Ada” Reive (1884-1978)
Norman Robson (1900-1978)
Sarah Edith Gowan “Sadie” Ross (1893-1978)
Norman Campbell Hall Russell (1905-1978)
Kenneth Grant “Ken” Seaford (1933-1978)
George Douglas Simpson (1883-1978)
David Slater (1895-1978)
Lorna Smith (1948-1978)
Harry Spafford (1888-1978)
Henry Alexander “Harry” Steel (1886-1978)
Richard Henry “Dick” Stevens (1896-1978)
Thomas Edwards “Tom” Storey (1906-1978)
Alfred John Strachan (1915-1978)
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (1889-1978)
Wasyl “William” Topolnicky (1893-1978)
Margaret Ann Simpson Van Dusen (1902-1978)
Ralph Harrison Van Kirk (c1890-1978)
Samuel “Sam” Waller (1894-1978)
Allan Harvey Watson (1891-1978)
Daniel John Howard “Pappy” Wood (1888-1978)
William Arthur Wood (?-1978)
May Victoria Wright (1889-1978)
If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 1978, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here. Criteria for inclusion in the collection are given here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 September 2024
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