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Date 1996, sorted by firsts, ascending

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1996 10 Jan
199-		 The passing of Ruth Eyford in St. Albert, AB. (b. Ruth Monk 12 June, 1930, NS). [Find a grave]

She became a Bahá'í in Montreal in 1956 and married Glen Eyford in 1957. She and Glen served in Iceland and in India. Returning to Canada she served as an Auxiliary Board Member and as chair of the National Spiritual Assembly as well as a number of local and national committees. [BW1995-1996p313]

 Ruth Eyford; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Pioneering; Auxiliary board members; St. Albert, AB; Montreal, QC; Canada; India; Iceland; Biography
1996 (In the Year)
199-		 The memoir To Diffuse the Fragrances was the unpublished memoir of Bahá'í life in the Arctic completed in 1994 and written by Ken and Mary McCulloch. [Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Case Study in the transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements by Dr Will C. Van den Hoonaard, bibliography] To Diffuse the Fragrances; Ken McCulloch; Mary McCulloch; Bahá'í House; Baker Lake, NU; Canada
1996 13 Jul
199-		 The passing of Novella Rose Hyde at home in Courtney. She was buried at the Courtenay Civic Cemetery. Novella was the wife of Eric Hyde and the mother of Karyne, Sharle and Valery. [Comox Valley Obituaries 1986-2008]
  • Novella was the daughter-in-law of Maisie Hyde who enrolled in the Faith in 1936.
    		•  Novella Hyde; - In Memoriam; Comox, BC; Biography
    1996 7 Jan
    199-    		 The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Mary Zabolotny McCulloch (b. 9 November 1918 in The Pas, MN). As a single woman she had fulfilled the difficult goal for the Ten Year Crusade in Anticosti because the entire territory was under the control of the Wayagamack Pulp and Paper Company and residence on the island would necessitate employment by that company. She was only able to stay for a few months but nonetheless won the accolade. She visited the island on three occasions in later years.

    She married Ken McCulloh in 1958 and they settled in Baker Lake in 1958 where Ken had been pioneering. They stayed until 1979 [BWIM277]

  • Find a Grave
    		•  Mary Zabolotny McCulloch; - In Memoriam; Winnipeg, MB; The Pas, MB; Baker Lake, NU; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Biography
    1996 (In the year)
    199-    		 The publication of The Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada, 1898-1948 by Will C. van den Hoonaard. It was published by the Wilfid Laurier University Press.
  • See a review by Mike McMullen.
  • The book is available at BahaiWorks.
    		•  Will C. van den Hoonaard; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada; Mike McMullen
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