Flora Elizabeth Ann Osborn-Seyffert
| Flora Elizabeth Ann Osborn-Seyffert | |
|---|---|
| Ann Osborn-Seyffert | |
| Born | 1938-10-17 Timmins, Ontario |
| Died | 2019-02-25 |
| Years in Thunder Bay | at least 2012 (new member of the retirees' association); 2019 (died; lived at Southbridge Roseview Manor in her last months) |
| Occupation | professor of music and church organist |
| Employer | Lakehead University |
| Father | |
| Mother | |
| Partner | |
Flora Elizabeth Ann Osborn-Seyffert (17 October 1938 – 25 February 2019 (aged 80)) was a music educator and organist, known as Ann, who was an associate professor of music at the Western and Lakehead universities and played the organ at St. John's Anglican Church in Thunder Bay.[1]
Life and career
Ann was born on 17 October 1938 in Timmins, Ontario, to Rod and Flora (née Carson) Osborn. She received a PhD in music from Ohio State University in 1986 and was an associate professor at both Western and Lakehead, as well as a private organist at St. John's Anglican Church. Her dissertation grew out of a passion for early traditional folk song, and in 1970 the composer Zoltán Kodály invited her to the Liszt Academy in Budapest to study his method of teaching music to children, which became a lifelong interest. She was also a gifted athlete, a keen cook and host and an active member of her church. In her final months she lived at Southbridge Roseview Manor.[1]
Death and family
She died on Monday, 25 February 2019, aged 80. She was survived by her husband Peter, her brother Rick (with Saundra) and her sister Linda, who lives in Nassau; her youngest sister Sylvia (married to Bruce Locke) had died shortly before. Other relatives were her niece Beth and nephews James, Matthew and Rod Locke, and seven grandnieces and grandnephews.[1]
Other records
An obituary-index entry dated 2 March 2019 lists this person.[2]
Membership in the retirees' association
The December 2012 issue of RALU News lists "Ann Osborn Seyffert" among the new members of the Retirees' Association of Lakehead University.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Entry for Dr. Ann Osborn Seyffert, "In Memoriam", Retirees' Association of Lakehead University, https://www.lakeheadretirees.ca/in-memoriam/ (accessed 31 October 2026). Archived copy on datum.locker.
- ↑ The Chronicle-Journal, 2 March 2019, p. 3(D)
- ↑ "New Members", PDF p. 3, RALU News, vol. 5, no. 3 (December 2012), Retirees' Association of Lakehead University. Archived copy on datum.locker (original PDF listed at the association's archived newsletters page).