Memorable Manitobans: 1981

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The following Memorable Manitobans died in 1981:

Alexander Adams (1887-1981)

Allan Alexander “Andy” Anderson (1892-1981)

Arthur Frederick Sheldon “Shel” Arnett (1910-1981)

John Nellson “Jack” Belton (1906-1981)

John Oliver “Jack” Blick (1915-1981)

Joseph Bere “Joe” Blostein (c1896-1981)

David Albert Bowles (1916-1981)

Gilbert Doud Box (1912-1981)

Florence May Rose Brown (1893-1981)

Amy Adelaide Ditch Browning (1893-1981)

William James “Jack” Burgess (1896-1981)

Thelma Jean Opseth Call (1928-1981)

James Hugh Cameron (1890-1981)

Francis Frederick Carruthers (1884-1981)

William M. Chimchak (1902-1981)

Wilhelmina Isabelle [Isabel] Melba [Mebba?] “Wilhelmine” Kearns McGregor Cochran (1899-1981)

Harry Sherman Crowe (1922-1981)

Edwin Elcome “Ted” Dafoe (1894-1981)

Jack Mason Davidson (1911-1981) - Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Alfred Arthur De Cruyenaere (1893-1981)

Arthur Robert Devlin (1908-1981)

William Harry Down (1930-1981)

Bernard Bronislaw Dubienski (1891-1981)

Marjorie Isabel Edey (1913-1981)

Bertha Maud Patterson Emery (1887-1981)

Nicholas "Nick" Fletcher (1888-1981)

Benjamin “Ben” Foreman (c1898-1981)

Terrance Stanley “Terry” Fox (1958-1981)

Elgin Robert Garvin (1902-1981)

Arthur Oswald Glinz (1886-1981)

G. Richard “Dick” Goodwin (1923-1981)

Henry Joseph Grenon (1881-1981)

Cecil Victor Gunn (1894-1981)

Clarence Edgar “Curly” Heapy (1905-1981)

Albert Walter “Bert” Hooper (1900-1981) - Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Stanley Neville Kennedy Jones (1893-1981)

John George Karasevich (1910-1981)

William George “Bill” Killbery (1904-1981)

Abram Arthur Kroeker (1892-1981)

Raymond Arthur Joseph “Ray” Labelle (c1931-1981)

Eugene Laderoute (1923-1981) - Manitoba Fiddle Association Wall of Fame

Grant Lamb (1915-1981) - Manitoba Fiddle Association Wall of Fame

Roy Bernard Lobb (1903-1981)

Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)

Bessie Katherine McLean (1903-1981)

Martin Arthur “Art” McOuat (c1933-1981)

Kenneth Strath “Ken” Moore (1910-1981)

David Adrian Mulligan (1893-1981)

Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Olson (1898-1981)

Elbridge Doty Parker (1884-1981)

Hazel Alexina McDonald Parkinson (1898-1981)

Florence Ferris Pearce (?-1981)

Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (1907-1981)

Flora Isabell [Isabelle] “Flo” Pollock (1902-1981)

Arthur Milford Preston (1908-1981)

William Arthur “Bill” Pritchard (1888-1981)

Norman Earl Reimer (1927-1981)

James William Ross Rennie (1911-1981)

Cecil Clarence Richards (1907-1981)

Bert Verschoyle Richardson (1891-1981)

Herbert Donald “Herb” Roehl (1932-1981)

Donald Alexander Ross (1892-1981)

James Chester “Jim” Scott (1908-1981)

Agnes Ellen Martin Sisler (1899-1981)

Casimis G. Stancyzkowski (1927-1981) - Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)

Henry Stevens (1898-1981)

Ian Maclaren Thompson (1896-1981)

Norma R. Tissot (1900-1981)

Julius George Toews (1893-1981)

Garson Nathaniel “Gerry” Vogel (1918-1981)

Charles Hutchinson A'Court Walton (1906-1981)

David Malcolm Wardrop (1887-1981)

Russell Phillips Waters (1920-1981)

Reginald Frederick Wightman (1899-1981)

Arthur George Stanley Williams (1909-1981)

John Clarence “Kelly” Williamson (1903-1981)

William Elliott Wilson (1896-1981)

Steven “Steve” Zulak (c1922-1981)

If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 1981, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here. Criteria for inclusion in the collection are given here.

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This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 June 2025

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