Nurse, community activist.
Born around 1940, only child of Angus Archibald MacVicar (1889-1954) and Verna “Bonnie” Sissons (1897-1992), she was raised on the family farm and attended school in Portage la Prairie. She moved to Winnipeg to train as a nurse at the Misericordia Hospital, graduating in 1959.
She worked as a nurse and, on 9 September 1961, married Henry John Selwood at Portage la Prairie. They lived in Montreal (Quebec) and Australia before returning to Winnipeg in 1970. They had two daughters before separating in 1987. Active as a member of the Centennial Farm Committee in the Manitoba Historical Society, she received its Douglas Kemp Award twice (2004, 2022). She supported arts organizations including the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra.
She died at Winnipeg on 24 July 2024 and was buried in the Portage Hillside Cemetery.
Obituary [Angus A. MacVicar], Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1954, page 30.
“Engagements,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 August 1961, page 13.
Obituary [Bonnie MacVicar], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1992, page 39.
Obituary [Henry John Selwood], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 2020.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 July 2024.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 July 2024
