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Mrs. Gertrude Crosbie

  • Deceased
  • St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Order of Canada

    • Member of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1982-12-20
      Invested on: 1983-04-20
      Mrs. Crosbie has made things happen in St. John's, Newfoundland. The list of her organizations is long: the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Meals on Wheels, the Cancer Association, the Arthritis and Rheumatic Society. But above all she has been a driving force behind the Cerebral Palsy Association and founder of a school for child sufferers from this disease.