Memorable Manitobans: Marilyn MacFarlane “Mickey” Huband (?-2013)

Community activist.

On 26 June 1954, she married lawyer Charles Richard Huband at Westminster United Church and taught for three years at Cecil Rhodes School before having two daughters and a son. She volunteered at Westminster United Church, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra (President, 1974-1979), Manitoba Liberal Party, Prairie Theatre Exchange, University Women's Club, Canadian Club of Winnipeg, Canada Council for the Arts, nd Board of Regents of the University of Winnipeg. In recognition of her community service, she received a Prix Manitoba Award (1998). She died at Winnipeg on 3 December 2013.

Sources:

“Bridegraoom's father hears Huband-Macfarlane vows,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1954, page 15.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 December 2013.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 April 2024

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