The following Memorable Manitobans died in 1985:
George Anderson (1890-1985)
Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)
Royal Kitchener “Roy” Armstrong (1902-1985)
James Ogel Beckstead (1883-1985)
William Moore Benidickson (1911-1985)
Marius Benoist (1896-1985)
Henry Edward “Harry” Beresford (1890-1985)
William Fairbairn Currie “Bill” Billyard (1902-1985)
Robert Octavius Picken “Barney” Bolton (1907-1985)
Albert Edward Boothe (1913-1985)
Alexander James Dryton Bridge (1912-1985)
Morval Ellis Ryerson Bristow (1900-1985)
Percy Brockinton (1892-1985)
James Bruce Brown (1939-1985)
Roy Wesley Brown (1906-1985)
Cecil “Cec” Browne (1894-1985)
Charlie Caithness (1907-1985) - SHOF
Angus Howard Campbell (1898-1985)
Edward Tierney “Ted” Cantwell (1916-1985)
Edwin Gladstone “Eddie” Cass (1893-1985)
George Thomas Chapman (1899-1985)
Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)
Helen Christina Cameron Cohoe (1920-1985)
Eric Eaton Coy (1911-1985)
Donald William Craik (1931-1985)
Ella Bryson Cumming (1899-1985)
Mary Elisabeth Brugger Dolin (1936-1985)
William George “Bill” Durston (1909-1985)
William Thomas Easterbrook (1907-1985)
Isabel Ellis (1892-1985)
Lorne Paterson Ferg (1924-1985)
Faith Ellen Willis Flay (1884-1985)
Emma Irene Steen Fyles (1899-1985)
Mary Aileen Garland (1892-1985)
Henry Hewson “Harry” Guest (1920-1985)
Robert DuVal Guy (1912-1985)
Lillian Margaret Travers Hallonquist (1901-1985)
Ivan L. Hamilton (1900-1985)
Mary Hamilton (1893-1985)
Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)
George Edgar Haywood (c1902-1985)
Anne Matheson Gordon Henderson (1896-1985)
Roger Newell Hickman (1904-1985)
F. Andrew Hodge (1922-1985)
James Douglas “Doug” Houston (1905-1985)
Peter Humeniuk (1895-1985)
Charles Etienne Huot (1908-1985)
Lloyd George “Jiggs” Hyde (1920-1985)
Joseph Watson Kachor (1923-1985)
John Bothwell Kines (1898-1985)
Francis Ross Kinley (1916-1985)
Paul Kligman (1923-1985)
Emma Gruenke Kornelsen (1896-1985)
Lillian Ford Moffett Laing (1893-1985)
William Russell “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)
Robert William “Bob” Lightly (1909-1985)
Henry Gordon Lilley (1886-1985)
Richard Sankey “Dick” Malone (1909-1985)
Norman Alexander Matheson (1901-1985)
Donald Grant McCannell (1918-1985) - SHOF
Edward D. “Ed” Mitchell (1889-1985)
Louise Roy Morin (1924-1985)
Victor Vereker “Vic” Murray (1897-1985)
George William Neufeld (c1916-1985)
Ernest Peter “Ernie” O’Dowda (1915-1985)
Terence “Terry” Penton (1917-1985)
Franklin Stuart “Frank” Presunka (1919-1985)
Stanley Francis Pye (1908-1985)
Nancy Pyper (1893-1985)
Alexander Robertson (1909-1985)
Ralph Thomas Scurfield (1928-1985)
William Francis “Billy” Seller (1893-1985)
Edward Alexander Sellers (1916-1985)
George Edward Sharpe (1908-1985)
Lillian “Lynn” Sissons (1889-1985)
John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)
Joseph Angus Spence (c1919-1985)
Sigurbjorg Stefansson (1897-1985)
Elizabeth Stevenson (1907-1985)
Robert “Bob” Summers (1922-1985) - SHOF
Clive Kerslake Tallin (1907-1985)
Charles Tracey Thomas (1892-1985)
Margherita Chevrier “Rita” Trudel (1898-1985)
George Charles Waight (1892-1985)
James Thomas Laurance “Laurie” Ward (1925-1985)
James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)
Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)
Gordon William Wood (1884-1985)
If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 1985, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here. Criteria for inclusion in the collection are given here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 November 2023
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