Thelma Enid Griffith

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• Occupation: 1930 1936, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; secretary to Edmonton Journal publisher John Emrie

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Active in founding archives
DeBalinhard memorial set
Memorial services for Mrs. Thelma Enid deBalinhard, formerly of Red Deer, are to be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Anglican Church of St. Leonard's on The Hill. Mrs. Balinhard died in Sooke, B.C. where memorial services and cremation have already taken place. She was 67.

Bom in Red Deer on Aug. 27, 1912, Mrs. deBalinhard continued to spend a great deal of time in the city since her move to Sooke in 1976. She was the mother of Jim Foster, former attorney-general of Alberta. And her husband, Digby deBalinhard, is well-known in Red Deer for his business and community activities. She was educated in public school and at the McDougall Business School in Edmonton. She worked from 1930 to 1936 as secretary to Edmonton Journal publisher John Imrie. There she met -her first husband, Alfred James Foster, and the couple were married and moved to Saskatoon, Sask., where they lived from 1936 to 1939. In 1939 they returned to THELMA DtBALINHARD . . . heart ailment victim Alberta and lived in Benalto. In 1945 they moved to Red Deer, where Mr. Foster owned a farm implement dealership until his death in 1949. Despite being a single mother raising three children, Mrs. Foster was involved in many community activities. She was instrumental in establishing the Red Deer and District Archives while working in her later years as a part-time librarian. In addition, she served in various capacities with the Red Deer Ladie s Golf and Curling Clubs, the local Girl Guides, the Gaetz Memorial United Church Sunday School, the Home and School Attocialian and the recreation boaid.: She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and served as Worthy Matron. Most recently, she was active with the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Red Deer General Hospital and the Red Deer Public Library. She married Mr. deBalinhard in 1976 and the couple moved to Sooke. She is survived by her husband, Mr. deBalinhard of Sooke, B.C.; two daughters, Joyce Foster of Edmonton and Dorothy Lawrence of Red Deer; one son, Jim Foster; one sister, Marjorie Armstrong of Calgary and two grandchildren, Nigel James Lawrence and Jocelyn Elizabeth Lawrence of Red Deer. Dad, son

Thelma married Alfred James Foster about 1836. Alfred (son of James D. Foster and Sheppard) was born on 16 May 1907; died on 1 Dec 1949 in Burbank, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thelma married Digby de Balinhard in 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dorothy married Timothy Charles Lawrence on 22 Oct 1966 in Pine Lake, Alberta, Canada. Timothy (son of Robert Nigel "Nigel" Lawrence and Gwendolyn Marguerite "Gwen" Bowman) was born on 3 Jul 1941 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died on 2 Jun 2018 in Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Attorney General for Alberta
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Family/Spouse: Waters. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]