Mrs. Gertrude Crosbie

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

Order of Canada

  • Member of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: December 20, 1982
    • Invested on: April 20, 1983

    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.