Enid HASSETT

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HASSETT: Enid Ester Hassett, formerly Olver, and originally Bennett. Born in Brandon on Earth Day before there was one - April 22nd, 1920. She skipped away while dreaming on September 13th at the age of 91. Enid was an environmentalist before there was a movement. She was a feminist before there was a word for it. She was a painter, a writer, a nurse, and someone who found people homes to raise their children. She always championed what was right, and was never addled by artificial restraints. Her philosophy came down to - “Do whatever you think is right, but DO it.” And - “Don‘t stop at the first roadblock - there’s a way around everything.” She was a nurse anesthetist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and Supervisor of the first Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Manitoba. She was the top woman real estate agent in Winnipeg in the 1970s, and she made sure she saw the world, traveling far and wide long before it was common. She married a happy, happening Air Force pilot, Frank Olver, who was tragically killed in 1951. They had one daughter, Susan. In 1956 she married a cute, easy-going banker, Vern Hassett, and had one son, Brian, in 1961. An Enid Memorial was held on Friday, September 23rd in Oakville, Ontario. There's an online memorial tribute at BrianHassett.com Enid is survived by her son Brian Hassett; her sister Marjorie MacAuley in Brandon; 3 grandchildren, Christopher and Michael LeSavauge, and Elizabeth Sutherland; and 3 great-grandchildren, Grace and Christopher LeSauvage, and Magdalene Tsushima.Photo: By Brian, inside the crown of The Statue of Liberty.

As published in Brandon Sun on Sep 24, 2011