Memorable Manitobans: Mary Kathleen Weekes Beamish (1918-2015)

Community activist.

Born in 1918, she married Robert Earl Beamish at Winnipeg on 26 June 1943 and they went on to have three daughters. She volunteered at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for over 40 years and, in recognition of her community service, she received a Premier's Volunteer Service Award (2000). She died at Toronto, Ontario on 6 March 2015.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Robert Earl Beamish, Mary Kathleen Weeks], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Premier to honour volunteers at annual awards luncheon,” Manitoba News Release, 10 April 2000.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 2015.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 October 2024

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