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- Myrtle Derksen was born at Lowe Farm, Manitoba. Her parents were JohnDerksen and Katheryn Schroeder. Myrtle has two daughters (whose names are not known at this time 1997DRC) from a former marriage to Kenneth Washaw. Myrtle has Parkinson Disease and the medication affects her memory andher house was cleaned after she was hospitalized and all her papers havedisappeared. She is living at the Lakeside Home in Grenfell and couldnot remember the date that she was married to Tom. Myrtle was Secretary Treasure of the Agricultural Society for 13 years,on the Board of Directors of the Arthritic Society of Saskatchewan for 14years, held offices in the Legion Auxiliary and the Rebekah Lodge, theW.A. and U.C.W. and served on the Board of Stewards of the UnitedChurch. For the past 5 months (1980) she had given shelter to a familyof 5 Vietnamese Refugees, the Vinh Tran family, and assisted them inlearning the language and customs of Canada. She was elected 1st VicePresident of the Grenfell Friendship Club. This account is stated in the book -- 'GRIT and GROWTH, The StoryOf GRENFELL', by Annie I. Yule, 1980 edition pages 40 and 188. Donald Raymond Coy received a letter on 06 Feb 1999 from: Mrs. Ethel (Hextall) Box, PO Box 266, Grenfell, Saskatchewan S0G 2B0stating this: Dear Don, Sorry to be so long in getting this information for you but several timeswhen I was in Wolseley, Myrtle was either asleep or otherwise occupiedand I couldn't get talking to her. I did see her a few weeks ago and shetells me that Murray Brooks is deceased and he was living in Toronto whenhe died. Myrtle has Parkinson Disease and on a lot of medications which affectsher memory so I didn't press her for any details or family member where abouts. She was taken from her home by ambulance to the nursing home and nevergot back - her daughters whose names is not known (who weren't Brooks)cleaned out the house and she doesn't know where any of the familydocuments or information got to - so it does make it difficult to come upwith dates and etc. You might be able to get the Toronto papers on yourinternet and comb the back issues for Murray s' obit. We have been having a very nice winter so far. signed - Ethel Box.
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