W3949
WRCNS - Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
WREN, Supply Assistant

Born: June 4th 1925, Tavistock, ON
Died: June 2015, Woodstock, ON and buried at Oxford Cemetery, Zorra Township
Attended: Tavistock Public and Continuation School
After School: Worked at Field's Woollen Mill

Enlisted: August 28th 1943, HMCS Prevost, London
Trained: HMCS Conestoga, Galt; HMCS Cornwallis, Digby, Nova Scotia; HMCS Stadacona
Served: Canada
Medals and Awards: Canada Volunteer Service Medal, 1939-45 War Medal
Discharged: January 4th 1946

After the War: Came home and married; worked for Kirsch for 10 years; Secretary Treasurer for East Zorra and Blandford School Boards; assisted W. Ross [husband] in Auction Sales

Family: Parents - Edwin and Edith [Schindler] Fuhr
Brothers - Wilfred (Pat) Fuhr, Gordon Fuhr
Sister - Marie (Fuhr) Massel
Husband - Wallace M. Ross - March 13th 1946, Tavistock
Children - Roslyn (Mrs. Laroyd Bender), W. Dale Ross

Comments: Tavistock Legion #518; Ladies' Auxiliary, Woodstock Branch #55; Oxford County Naval Veterans Assoc., Woodstock; Order of Eastern Star, St. Mary's; Women's Auxiliary, Woodstock General Hospital; member of Oxford County Museum; Hickson United Church; Wren's Association, Toronto, ON

** more information available in hard copy form at the museum / archives