Memorable Manitobans: Ralph William Eisbrenner (1918-2012)

Civil servant, municipal official.

Born on 21 December 1918, he served in the Canadian military during the Second World War as a member of the Natural Resources Mobilization Unit. He carried out intelligence and reconnaissance missions in occupied territories, facilitated by his fluence in the German language. In 1946, he returned to his family at Emerson, Manitoba where, two years later, he joined Canada Customs and Immigration as an immigration officer. He retired in 1985. He served as Mayor of Emerson from 1976 to 1983, including during the major Red River flood of 1979. He died at Emerson on 26 July 2012 and was buried in Emerson Cemetery.

Sources:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 2012.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 1 August 2012

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