Memorable Manitobans: Louise Clementine Combaz (1918-1992)

Librarian.

Born at Norwood on 12 February 1918, daughter of Augustine Fombeur (c1888-1977) and Alfred Antoine Combaz (1879-1945), she attended St. Mary’s Academy, graduating in 1937. She worked at the St. Boniface Public Library then was Legislative Librarian of Manitoba (1970-1988). In recognition of her community service, she received a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977). She died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 20 July 1992 and was buried in the St. Boniface Cemetery.

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Auditorium / Archives of Manitoba / Manitoba Legislative Library (200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Marriage registration [Augustine Fainbeur, Alfred Combaz], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registration [Louise Clementine Combaz], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“St. Mary’s alumnae to honor graduates at banquet tonight,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 November 1937, page 7.

Death registration [Alfred Antoine Combaz], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Tea in St. Boniface planned by friend to assist library,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 March 1956, page 21.

Obituary [Augustine Combaz], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 1977, page 46.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 July 1992, page 16.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 June 2022

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