Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lobb, Ethel, 1905-.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Ethel Leard Lobb was born January 31, 1905, Bridgetown, P.E.I. Parents were William E.B. Lear and Annie Ayers. The family moved to Beatty Sk. in 1919. Her father was a merchant in Beatty, Sk. Ethel married William O. Lobb of Beatty Sk. October 25, 1923. Their three sons were Harley, Lyle and Lorne. They farmed near Beatty until 1950's. Ethel attended in 1959 the United Church Training Centre, Toronto, Prairie Christian Training Center, Fort Qu'appelle, Sk. Then worked for the Canadaian National Institue for the Blind for Southern Saskatchewan. Ethel retired to Melfort in 1970. She was active in the Beatty and the Melfort United Church. During this time Ethel was correspondant for the Melfort Journal.