Golfer.
Born at Winnipeg in 1913, she lived most of her life in Charleswood where she was a life member of the Charleswood Golf Club. She won 36 club championships, five provincial amateur championships, three Manitoba senior titles, and played on 20 provincial teams during a competitive golf career spanning 42 years. In 1984, she was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
On 10 March 1934, she married William Stanley “Bill” Edey (1913-1993) at Winnipeg. They lived at 755 Harstone Road and had no children. She was a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Charleswood Ladies Curling Club (President), and Elizabeth Rebekah Lodge No. 52 (Grand Noble).
She died at the Grace Hospital on 27 March 1987 and is commemorated by a recreational park in Charleswood.
Marriage registration [Marjorie Isabelle LaLiberte, William Stanley Edey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 1981.
“Golf loses Marj Edey,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 April 1981.
Obituary [William Stanley Edey], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 1993, page 53.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2024
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