Memorable Manitobans: Harry Cornish Tod (1923-1992)

Architect, civil servant.

Born at Lintlaw, Saskatchewan on 24 October 1923, his family moved to Regina in 1928. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy and, following his military discharge, he attended the University of Manitoba, receiving an Architecture degree in 1949. He worked as a district architect for the federal Department of Public Works for 30 years, retiring as Regional Director. In 1950, he married Isabelle Yvonne Mossing (1924-1992) and they had a daughter and two sons. He died at the Grace Hospital on 14 September 1992.

Sources:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1992, page 50.

Obituary [Isabelle Yvonne Tod], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 December 1992, page 39.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 January 2023

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