Memorable Manitobans: Frances Jennet Kasper (1933-2023)

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Frances Jennet Kasper
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Photographer, artist, writer, poet.

Born at Winnipeg on 27 March 1933, only child of Anne Florence Setlak (1908-1961) and Nicholas Walter Kasper (1903-1991), she worked in offices, banks, and professional organizations. Her creativity was expressed through photography, art, writing, and poetry. A collection of her poems was published as Deep Reflections in Poetry (1988). She died at Winnipeg on 22 March 2023 and was buried with her parents in the Brookside Cemetery.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Nicholas Kasper, Anna Setlak], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary [Anne Florence Kasper], Winnipeg Tribune, 12 June 1961, page 43.

Obituary [Nicholas Walter Kasper], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 October 1991, page 58.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 April 2023.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 April 2023

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