Physician.
Born at Greenbush, Saskatchewan in 1909, son of Charles E. and Daisy M. Scribner, and brother of Charles Russell Scribner, he graduated from the University of Saskatchewan (BSc 1932) and the University of Manitoba (MD). On 15 September 1937, he married Margaret Helga Erickson (?-1996) and began a medical practice at Gimli the next year which continued until 1977. He also served as the first President of the Gimli Chamber of Commerce, was on the Town Council, and the executive of the Gimli Curling Club. He was President of the Board for the Gimli Lutheran Church for 30 years, and was on the Board of Governors of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatchewan and the Board of Regents of Luther College in Regina. In 1970, he was awarded a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society. He died at Winnipeg on 27 May 1999.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Jonasson House (48 Third Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)
Marriage registration [Franklin Edward Scribner, Margaret Helga Erickson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 May 2025
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