Jean Alora Smurthwaite
August 10, 1925 – May 8, 2010
Soldier, farmer, builder of three houses, hospital worker, shopkeeper, craftsperson (knitting, crocheting, quilting, sewing), volunteer (Bracebridge Agricultural Fair, Hockey Arena), wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, companion, friend, reader, lover of Muskoka and British Columbia, and very proud Canadian.
The Jean Smurthwaite Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide annually three or more scholarships to poor Maya women in Guatemala. It will be administered by Paso Por Paso/ Scholarships, registered Canadian Charity # 85527-9329-RR001, Paso Treasurer, 4223 Line 12 N., RR2 Coldwater, ON L0K1E0
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