Margaret ALLEMANG

ALLEMANG, Margaret
Suddenly but peacefully at home on Thursday, April 14, 2005, at the age of 90, not long after returning from her much-loved Toronto Symphony matinee. Margaret was a long- time professor at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, a co-founder of the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing and a pioneering chronicler of the immense contributions made by Canada's nurses in World War I and II. She herself served as a nursing sister in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Margaret was an inspiring scholar and teacher, a devoted friend, a faithful Lutheran, a cherished aunt, and a welcoming companion for tenants from Ethiopia, Crimea and Iran who enriched her life immeasurably. Her stubbornness could be a challenge to those who thought they knew better, but it enabled her to maintain the independence she prized until the end. Predeceased by her brothers Bill and Bob, and much missed by her family: Eileen Allemang; Margaret Ann Allemang and Lou and Katie Favrin; Susan Allemang and Laurie, Sean, Colin and Brendan Fox; Wendy, Bill, Derrick and Ryan Abraham; John Allemang, Patricia Holtz, Sam and Liz Allemang; Pat Allemang, Chris Hanoski, Indiana Allemang and Will Allemang-Day; Elizabeth Allemang, Vicki van Wagner, Sophie and Leo Allemang- Bourgeois; Peter Allemang, Anna Gustafson, Brooke, Cullen and Brigid Allemang. Friends are welcome to stop by Turner & Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor Street West, on Tuesday, April 19 between 4 and 8 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at 1 p.m., at St. John's Lutheran Church, 274 Concord Avenue, Toronto. In Margaret's memory, donations may be made to the Margaret M. Allemang Centre for the History of Nursing, c/o 355 Millwood Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 1J9. Please see www.allemang.on.ca for more details on the centre's work.