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Memorable Manitobans: Laura May Cooke Gall (1912-2004)
Educator.
Born at Carman on 26 July 1912, daughter of Rose Etta Bush (c1886-?) and William Oliver Young Cooke (c1876-?), she grew up at NE-22-28-10W near Steep Rock. Her teaching career began in 1930, with schools at which she taught including Martin School (?-?) and Queen Elizabeth School (1953-1954). She served as Principal of Dugald School (1956-1958) and Darlingford School (1958-1959), later teaching at Moosehorn School (1970-1971) in her final years in the classroom. She retired in 1974 and moved to British Columbia in 1978. Married to Walter Gall (c1917-1978) by the 1940s, she had four sons and one daughter. She died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 25 January 2004.
Sources:
Birth [Laura May Cook, Herman Ernest Cooke, Lawrence Clifford Cooke, & Etta Muriel Cooke] and marriage [Rosa Bush & William Oliver Cook] registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Walter Gall], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituary [CFM. John Charles Cooke], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 February 1945, page 5.
Obituary, Interlake Spectator, 1 February 2004, page 25.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 8 October 2022
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