| Name: | Marion | | | | | Middle Name: | Catherine | | | | | Last Name: | Wilson | | | | | Date Of Birth: | 1.4.1915 | | | | | Date Of Passing Away: | 24.7.2000 | | | | | Gender: | Female | | | | | Country: | Canada | | | | | City: | Edmonton | | | | | Cause Of Death: | Ill-health - Other | | | | | Grave Location: | Ottava, Canada | | | | | Time Of Death: | 8 | | | | | Religion: | Roman Catholic Christian | | | | | Advanced View Of Memorial | | |
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Marion Catherine (Conroy) Wilson died in Ottawa on July 24, 2000, following a brief illness. After receiving her bachelor of arts in English (1936) and spending several years as a library assistant at the University of Alberta, she completed a bachelor of arts in librarianship at the University of Washington in 1942.
Marion Wilson practised her profession for over 40 years, as a librarian in both volunteer and salaried positions. During the Second World War, she served as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and as a librarian in the Western Command. She and her husband then moved to London, England, where she worked at the Inter-Allied Book Centre, which was involved in the restoration of libraries. Returning to Canada in the late 1940s, Marion Wilson joined the Library Management Committee of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Library for Boys and Girls, and also volunteered in the library. During her tenure on the committee, the financial support for the library increased more than threefold and a branch of Montreal’s Bibliothèque municipale was opened in the community of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. For her efforts, the Kinsmen’s Club named her "Citizen of the Year" for 1959.
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