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- aka Airs. Avis was from Kelwood, Manitoba, Canada. Was born on a farm near Plumas, Manitoba. Was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church and choir. Avis acted as a Land Titles Agent for a Calgary, Alberta, Canada company for twenty-five years. She was active in the Ladies Curling Club and the Hospital Girls' Auxiliary. Avis is buried in Lot 2, Block 6, Range 4, Riverview Cemetery, Neepawa.
AVIS THOMSON
After a lengthy illness, on Saturday, October 6, 1979, at her home in Neepawa.
Funeral services were held from Knox Presbyterian Church, Tuesday, October 9 at 2 p.m. Interment followed at Riverside Cemetery.
Pallbearers were J. Johnstone, E. Tomlin, A. Harris, H. Bell, R. Craig, E. Kuharski.
Born Avis Mabel Margory Rouse at Plumas, Manitoba, September 10, 1917, then moving with the family to a farm at Kelwood in 1920. She attended school at Roskeen, Kelwood and Neepawa.
After a hairdressing course in Winnipeg, she did hairdressing in Neepawa until she married William Harold Thomson at Brandon on August 10, 1938.
Avis was a member of Knox Church and a dedicated member of the choir, a life member of the Women's Missionary Society. She taught Sunday School and helped with the Junior Choir. She was also a long time member of the Hospital Guild. She was a member of the Ladies Curling Club, active on the executive level, and one-time president of the Club.
Avis was predeceased by an infant son in 1942, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rouse. in 1960 and 1964.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband Harold, one daughter, Mrs. Jane Woodcock and husband, Bill of The Pas. one son, John and wife, Louise of Winnipeg; two grandsons, David and Bruce Woodcock of The Pas, one sister, Mrs. Cecil Jackson (Polly) of Kelwood, several nieces and nephews.
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1917 - 1979 (62 years)
