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The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

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Author: eleanor

Upcoming 50th Reunion Cl’72B…(click on poster)

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 eleanor
Upcoming Events

Congratulations to the Class of 1970 on their 50th Anniversary

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 eleanor

As we know the COVID 19 pandemic put an end to celebrating in person in September 2020. Joan Clare reports that when the celebratory luncheon that the RN Council at the hospital had planned for them was cancelled, several groups… Read moreCongratulations to the Class of 1970 on their 50th Anniversary

Reunions

(Cl’48) Lillian – A Princess Visits!

February 24, 2022February 25, 2022 eleanor

Thousands greeted Queen Elizabeth, then Princess Elizabeth, and the Duke of Edinburgh as they arrived in Canada at Malton (now Pearson) Airport in the Fall of 1951.  Their five week tour would take them West to Vancouver Island and East… Read more(Cl’48) Lillian – A Princess Visits!

Memories

2021 Lillian (Calberry) Chalmers Cl’48

January 31, 2022March 6, 2022 eleanor

APRIL 17, 1927 – NOVEMBER 1, 2021 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lillian Chalmers on November 1, 2022 at the age of 94. Lillian is predeceased by her husband Thomas Junior Chalmers in 1978, her parents… Read more2021 Lillian (Calberry) Chalmers Cl’48

Remembering our Nurses

2021 Susan Elizabeth (Purdy) Dew Cl‘60F

October 18, 2021March 6, 2022 eleanor

SUSAN ELIZABETH DEW (née Purdy), R.N. September 30, 1939 – September 30, 2021 I left this planet for uncharted territory today, with the hope of finding peace, to be pain-free without pills, and be able to breathe unattached to tubes,… Read more2021 Susan Elizabeth (Purdy) Dew Cl‘60F

Remembering our Nurses

2021 Maria Rospond Stein Cl‘59S

October 18, 2021November 6, 2021 eleanor

STEIN, MARIA ROSPOND Peacefully at Michael Garron Hospital on September 25, 2021 in her 97th year, after a remarkable life: the “Iron Lady”, born to Rospond and Szponder, near Krakow, Poland, child prodigy, gifts of voice and intellect, robbed of… Read more2021 Maria Rospond Stein Cl‘59S

Remembering our Nurses

2021 Jean Gay (Glassco) Evans Cl’52

October 18, 2021December 4, 2021 eleanor

JEAN GAY EVANS Died peacefully at home on June 15, 2021. Born March 18, 1930, in Quebec City, the daughter of Willa Florence Blanche Price and John Grant Glassco. She was predeceased by her sister June Moore, and brothers Dick… Read more2021 Jean Gay (Glassco) Evans Cl’52

Remembering our Nurses

2021 Diana Graeme (Nan)(Farncomb) Whyte Cl’52

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 eleanor

DIANA GRAEME WHYTE (Nan) (nee Farncomb) February 13, 1929 – March 7, 2021 Peacefully at home at The Claremont, in Toronto, surrounded by love. Beloved wife to the late M. Peter Whyte, and much loved mother of Peter (Donna Lingeman)… Read more2021 Diana Graeme (Nan)(Farncomb) Whyte Cl’52

Remembering our Nurses

2020 Irma Seelen, Cl’73

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 eleanor

Irma died on March 11, 2020. Her love of adventure and travel started when she immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands in 1954 at the age of two, settling in Ontario. She continued to pursue an adventurous life by becoming… Read more2020 Irma Seelen, Cl’73

Remembering our Nurses

2012 Six HSC grads…

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 eleanor

Margaret (Nesbitt) Pozner, Cl’45F Margaret died on December 29, 2012.  She was the beloved wife of the late Albert and loving mother of Brian (Kendra) and Susan. Grandmother of Jesse and Daniel. She is survived by her sister Mary Ball… Read more2012 Six HSC grads…

Remembering our Nurses

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Older posts
  • Louise Brent, Superintendent 1896-1913
  • 67 College St, 1892-1951
  • By Nan Sidler
  • Jean Masten, Director of Nursing 1939 - 1961
  • Elsbeth Geiger, RN, BN, MA, Director of Nursing in the 1960's.
  • Queen Elizabeth (then Princess Elizabeth) visits the 'new' Hospital at 555 University Ave on Oct 12, 1951. A very proud moment for the hospital and these nurses and patients.
  • Lillian (Calberry) Chalmers Cl'48

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