ILEEN EDNA BIGLOW (HICKS)

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ILEEN EDNA BIGLOW (nee HICKS) Ileen Edna Biglow (nee Hicks) died at Poseidon Care Centre on December 1, 2003 at the age of 93. Predeceased by her husband Clifford Wesley Biglow; sisters, Nelda, Fern, Wilma and Ivy. She is survived by her son Barry A. Biglow; as well as sister Elizabeth McComb of Hebron, Illinois, Patricia Hazelton-Taylor of Ottawa and brother Jack Hicks of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ileen taught in a one room school house in northern Manitoba before marrying and moving to Shoal Lake, Manitoba. After moving to the Winnipeg area in the late 1930s, she taught as a substitute teacher during the Second World War and later taught full time elementary school in West Kildonan and the City of Winnipeg. Born in Fort Rouge on July 18, 1910, she was active for a number years in Crescent Fort Rouge United Church. She had an artistic nature doing needlework and sewing. She also enjoyed choir singing and had a love for a game of bridge. She will be greatly missed. Viewing will be held at Thomson Funeral Chapel on Thursday, December 4, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Friday, December 5 at 11:00 a.m. in Thomson Funeral Chapels, 669 Broadway. Interment will follow in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens. Reception to follow at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church, 525 Wardlaw St. at Nassau Street. A contribution to a charity of your choice to be made in lieu of flowers. THOMSON Funeral Chapels - 669 Broadway - 783-7211

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 04, 2003