Memorable Manitobans: Debby Slobinsky Lexier (1928-2020)

Interior designer.

Born at Winnipeg on 28 May 1929, middle of three daughters of Sarah B. Adilman (1892-1982) and grocer Jack Slobinsky (?-1973), she attended the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1950 with a baccalaureate degree in Interior Design. She soon joined Green Blankstein and Russell to become the first interior design graduate to work in an architectural firm. She was a founding member and first President of the Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba (1954). In the 1970s, she wrote a weekly column on interior design for the Winnipeg Tribune. She was the Executive Director of the Manitoba Design Institute. She and husband Easton Irving Lexier had a daughter and two sons. They designed a Modernist home at 690 Lanark Street and lived in it for over 60 years. Their award-winning gardens were a source of pride. She died at Winnipeg on 21 July 2020.

Sources:

Obituary [Jack Slobinsky], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 March 1973, page 27.

Obituary [Sarah B. Slobinsky], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1982, page 73.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 2020.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 February 2024

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