Elvie Maunula
| Elvie Maunula | |
|---|---|
| née Niemi | |
| Born | 1932-10-23 Esko, Minnesota |
| Died | 2017-12-28 |
| Occupation | Social service worker; pastoral care worker |
| Partner | |
Elvie Maunula (née Niemi; 23 October 1932 – 28 December 2017 (aged 85)) was a Minnesota-born social service and pastoral care worker who settled in Thunder Bay in 1973.[1][2]
Life and family
Maunula was born in Esko, Minnesota, on 23 October 1932, the youngest child of Emil and Hilma Niemi, and was raised on a farm. In the summer of 1952 she met Frank Maunula at Emmaus Bible camp, and they were married that December. She worked as a bank teller and in clerical posts as the family moved between Minnesota, Illinois, Port Arthur, Wisconsin and Calgary, arriving in Thunder Bay in 1973.[1]
From 1974 she worked for the Ministry of Community and Social Services, becoming an income maintenance worker, and after a Social Service diploma at Confederation College she worked for the Lutheran Community Care Centre, as a pastoral care worker from 1986 until she retired. She died on 28 December 2017, aged 85.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obituary for Elvie Maunula (née Niemi), The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), December 2017, via Legacy.com. Archived copy on datum.locker.
- ↑ The Chronicle-Journal, 30 December 2017, p. 1(B)