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Margaret Kesslering WEIERS

Margaret Kesslering WEIERS obituary

Margaret WEIERS Obituary

WEIERS, Margaret Kesslering 1928 - 2018 Journalist, diplomat, author. Born in Viceroy, SK. Graduate (1949) of the University of Saskatchewan. Received honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the university in 2010. Margaret had a lifetime career as a journalist in Regina and Toronto. She joined the Canadian foreign service and in 1955 was appointed vice-consul for the Canadian Consulate General in New York City and press officer for the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. She returned to journalism at the Toronto Star from 1963 until 1991 as a reporter, feature writer and member of the editorial board. Author of Envoys Extraordinary: Women of the Canadian Foreign Service, published in 1995. Predeceased by her husband Robert John Weiers in 2002, she is survived by their son Robert (Hedy Korbee) in Toronto and two siblings in Saskatchewan: Loretta Luster (Dan) in Montmartre, SK and Carl Kesslering (Carole) in Viceroy, SK, as well as many nieces and nephews in the Weiers and Kesslering families. A Celebration of Life Mass will be held on Saturday, December 22nd at 10:30 a.m. at Transfiguration Of Our Lord Church, 45 Ludstone Drive, Etobicoke. Reception to follow.

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Published by Toronto Star on Dec. 19, 2018.

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Jane Loughborough

December 20, 2018

Margaret will be missed by so many. She had many fine qualities, including her brilliant mind and kind nature.

Ellen Michelson

December 19, 2018

Margaret was known at the Toronto Heliconian Club for her formidable knowledge base and her grace in sharing it. She was a wonderful friend, and will be very much missed - my sincere condolences.

Anne Moon

December 19, 2018

Margaret was a kind, insightful member of the editorial board in the '80s--condolences to her family.

December 19, 2018

I first met Margaret at the Heliconian Club and was honoured to become a friend. She was one of the most interesting conversationalist I have ever known. We will miss her.

December 19, 2018

My deepest condolences!

Karen Shenfeld

December 19, 2018

I was honoured to meet and get to know Margaret through the Toronto Heliconian Club, though the time we got to spend together was too short. It was she, along with another member of the Literature Section, who chose me to be the Club's Writer in Residence for 2015. She was one of the finest journalists I have ever met; I was always delighted to have her edit anything I wrote for the Club's newsletter, which she, herself, wrote for many years. She will be much missed by members of the Literature Section.

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