Silver Cross Mother
A Silver Cross Mother is chosen each year by the Royal Canadian Legion to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. The title is named for the Silver Cross, a medal awarded to such mothers by the Canadian Forces.
List of Silver Cross Mothers
| Year | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sheila Anderson | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories[1] |
| 2014 | Gisèle Michaud | Edmundston, New Brunswick[2] |
| 2013 | Niki Psiharis | Laval, Québec[3] |
| 2012 | Roxanne Marie Priede | Grand Forks, British Columbia[4] |
| 2011 | Patricia (Patty) Braun | Raymore, Saskatchewan[5] |
| 2010 | Mabel Girouard | Bathurst, New Brunswick[6] |
| 2009 | Della Morley | Winnipeg, Manitoba[7] |
| 2008 | Avril Dianna Stachnik | Waskatenau, Alberta |
| 2007 | Wilhelmina Beerenfenger-Koehler | Embrun, Ontario |
| 2006 | Alice Murphy | Conception Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 2005 | Claire Léger | Stittsville, Ontario |
| 2004 | Agnes Dyer | Montreal, Quebec |
| 2003 | Charlotte Lynn Smith | Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia |
| 2002 | Doreen Coolen | Hubbards, Nova Scotia |
| 2001 | Ina Galvin | East Bolton, Quebec |
| 2000 | Carol Isfeld | Courtenay, British Columbia |
| 1999 | Loyala Helen Park | London, Ontario |
| 1998 | Anna Zuk | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1997 | Alice Taylor | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1996 | Margaret Langille | River John, Nova Scotia |
| 1995 | Elsie Wells | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1994 | W. Baerr | Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
| 1993 | Isabella Hutchings | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 1992 | Ida Orser | Hartland, New Brunswick |
| 1991 | Alice Taylor | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1990 | Elsie Pearce | Trenton, Ontario |
| 1989 | Rachel Morin | Rimouski, Quebec |
| 1988 | Hazel Driscoll | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1987 | Secondina Di Persio | Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia |
| 1986 | Mabel Bateman | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
| 1985 | Rose Bernst | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1984 | Olive Hunter | Summerland, British Columbia |
| 1983 | Constance Wylie | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1982 | Mrs. John E. Fraser | Debert, Nova Scotia |
| 1981 | Isabel Harrison | Bury, Quebec |
| 1980 | Greta Steeves | Elgin, New Brunswick |
| 1979 | Eliza Beatty | Carlyle, Saskatchewan |
| 1978 | J. Cantley | Montreal, Quebec |
| 1977 | Mary Little | Welland, Ontario |
| 1976 | Olive Jubb | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 1975 | C.L. Wilkinson | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1974 | Mrs. Thomas Rudd | Stettler, Alberta |
| 1973 | Maragaret Santo | Kipling, Saskatchewan |
| 1972 | Marie Louise McLeod | Wiarton, Ontario |
| 1971 | Mary Anderson | Selkirk, Manitoba |
| 1970 | Mrs. Lloyd R. Meech | North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| 1969 | Wilhemina Grey | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1968 | Pearl Rich | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1967 | Elsie Adams | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 1966 | Mrs. George Stephens | Toronto, Ontario |
| 1965 | Nora Wagner | Teeterville, Ontario |
| 1964 | Bernadette Rivait | Windsor, Ontario |
| 1963 | Mary E. Stodgell | Norwood, Manitoba |
| 1962 | V. Lanteigne | Caraquet, New Brunswick |
| 1961 | Sylvia Kimmel | Mission, British Columbia |
| 1960 | A.J. Cantin | McCreary, Manitoba |
| 1959 | W.B. Anderson | Craigmyle, Alberta |
| 1958 | Helen Forestell | Coniston, Ontario |
| 1957 | Z. MacFarlane | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| 1956 | A.J. Reynolds | Chatham, Ontario |
| 1955 | Mrs. Leboldus | Vibank, Saskatchewan |
| 1952 | Mrs. Dan McCann | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1950 | Mrs. John Beasley | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1949 | Mrs. Marie Aline D’Aoust | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1947 | Mrs. Martha Labarge | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1944 - 1946 | Mrs. Jessie Isobel Olga McCleery | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1942 | Mrs. Sarah Wilkins Lamplough | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1939 - 1941 | Mrs. Catherine Lewis | Ottawa, Ontario[8] |
| 1936 | Mrs. Charlotte Susan Wood | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
References
- ↑ "Royal Canadian Legion Announces Silver Cross Mother". Net News Ledger. November 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ↑ "New Brunswick's Gisele Michaud named Silver Cross mother for 2014". The Prince George Citizen. October 31, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- ↑ "Legion Announces Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother for 2013-14". Royal Canadian Legion. November 4, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ↑ "B.C. woman whose eldest son died in Afghanistan named as Silver Cross Mother". Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton). November 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ↑ "Sask. soldier’s mom named Silver Cross Mother". Leader-Post (Regina). November 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ "N.B. woman named Silver Cross Mother". CBC News. November 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ↑ Woods, Allan (November 11, 2009). "One woman bears nation's grief". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ↑ "The Unveiling of the National War Memorial". National Capital Commission. 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
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