Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 17, 1984
• Invested on: April 10, 1985

For some forty years, she served the people in isolated settlements around Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, as a visiting public health nurse. She traveled in open boats, by horse and sleigh, by bicycle and on foot to deliver babies, inoculate school children, and relieve the suffering of the sick.