In Memoriam


The following deceased members were remembered during Provincial Conferences:

2022

  • Laura Noble, London
  • Ruth Jesshope, Sault Ste. Marie
  • Ruth McMullen, Belleville
  • Valerie Dunn, North Toronto

2021 - BPWO lost no members this year

2020

  • Janet Brousseau, Brampton
  • Eleanor Hannan, Bowmanville
  • Dorothy Krynicki, St. Catharines
  • Sophie Lakis (Koutroulakis), St. Catharines
  • Pamela Moore, Brampton
  • Paula Tarini (Antonioni), Greater Sudbury
  • Jeannette Veenstra, London

2019

  • Mavis Carlton, Bowmanville
  • Paddy Silverthorne, Brampton
  • Kathleen Vernon-Laing, Ottawa

2018

  • Linda Barker, Brampton
  • Pearl McCabe, Brampton
  • Sandra Spencer, North Toronto
  • Jennie Wdowiak, Toronto

2017

  • Kathryn Scandrett, Barrie
  • Barb Wetmore, Barrie
  • Shirley Giles, North Toronto
  • Isobel Crumb, St. Catharines
  • Sharon Graham, Sault Ste. Marie

2016

  • Linda Armburst, Welland
  • Olga Gil, Brampton
  • Elisabeth Roos Clare, Cambridge

2015

  • Dorothy Brown, Belleville
  • Henrietta Green, Toronto

2014

  • Anne Felesko, Brampton
  • Marcia Ruth Barhydt, Brampton

2013

  • Karen Rudachyk, Barrie
  • Sandra Snelling, Bracebridge
  • Rachel Proulx, Greater Sudbury

2012

  • Doris Elsie (Wyatt) Gyatt, Ph.D, Toronto

2009

  • Kay Simpson, Brampton

2008

  • Winnifred Craise, St. Catharines
  • Lois Williston, St. Catharines
  • Irma Williston, St. Catharines
  • Kate Smith, Toronto
  • Jessie Evans, Trenton and District


2007

  • Lillian “Greta” Capps, Brampton
  • Jean Campbell, St. Catharines
  • Martha Aylott, Toronto East
  • Nancy Bass, North Toronto and Bracebridge
Lena Madesin Phillips

"Let us build together and see what we can make."

Lena Madesin Phillips, founder and first President of BPW International, 1930

"In Honour of" Donations

WomensWORK

Women's W.O.R.K. (Women Offering Resources and Knowledge) is a Memorial Fund affiliated with BPW Canada and helps clubs host educational events for members and community through its funding. Women's W.O.R.K. is a Charitable Organization registered with Canada Revenue Agency. 

Donations can be made in memory of loved ones or in honour of a friend, family member, co-worker, an organization through Women's W.O.R.K. and charitable donation receipts will be issued. Donation cheques can be mailed to the Women's W.O.R.K. Treasurer, #109 16080 82 Ave. Surrey, B.C. V4N 0N6, or to pay via credit card or PayPal, submitted through www.canadahelps.org resulting in an immediate tax receipt and also the option of sending a virtual card.

Questions: Contact BPW Canada's Membership Chair