Nurse.
Born at Lundar on 25 February 1930, daughter of Jakobina Breckman and Lawrence E. Ingimundson, she trained as a nurse then worked at Whitehorse, Edmonton, and Winnipeg with the federal government working in Aboriginal and Northern Health and in Occupational Health.
In 1978, she led a national federal nurses’ strike resulting in salary increases and other benefits for nurses. In the 1980s, she was instrumental in developing national guidelines for occupational health nursing certification and she initiated the Nurses-at-Risk program, the first of its kind in Canada. In recognition of her service, she was awarded a Confederation Medal (1992).
On 14 April 1955, she married David Willingdon Busby (1927-1999) at First Lutheran Church in Winnipeg. They subsequently had seven children, including Karen Louise Busby, before divorcing in 1973.
She died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 8 April 2008.
“Norma Ingimundson goes as bride to Whitehorse,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 April 1955, page 16.
Death registration [David Willingdon Busby], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [David W. Busby], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 August 1999, page 10.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 April 2008.
“Manitobans’ Legacy a Better Province,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 2009, page B2.
Winnipeg Divorce File Index, 1917-1984, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 July 2026
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