Memorable Manitobans: Floris June Olsen (1902-1984)

Teacher, civil servant, historian.

Born at Starbuck, Manitoba on 22 June 1902, the youngest in a family of six children, she taught school at Golden Valley School, Prairie View School, Cartwright School, and Dayton School. She later joined the federal civil service and worked for 30 years with Canada Manpower, retiring as Regional Coordinator of Women’s Employment for the Prairie Region. She served as Chair of Trades and Professions for the Manitoba Council of Women. She was a member of St. Stephen’s Broadway United Church, Starbuck United Church, and the Business and Professional Women’s Club. In 1973, on behalf of the Starview Manor Society, she wrote a booklet entitled Starbuck Seedlings: A History of Starbuck and Vicinity. She died at Winnipeg, unmarried, on 21 August 1984 and was buried in Starbuck Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1984, page 44.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 17 March 2013

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