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14 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 22 April 2005
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Fanney Stefansson
6 September 1912-16 March 2005
Fanney was born in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, the youngest of the four
Friday 22 April
Calgary, AB: LEIC Sumardagurinn fyrsti
Variety Concert at the Scandinavian Centre,
739 - 20 Ave. NW. Doors open 5 p.m., din-
ner 6 p.m., concert: 7:30 p.m., social follow-
ing the concert. Tickets: adults $20 Seniors
(65+) - $10.00 Youth (6-18) - $10.00 Chil-
dren (6-) - $ 2.00
Friday 22 April
Gimli, MB: Come out to a social evening
hosted by the Gimli Chapter-INL. 7:30 pm,
Aspire Theatre. Admission $2. Guest speak-
er: Birna Bjarnadottir, Department Head,
lcelandic Studies, U of M. Sing-a-long, lce-
landic/English songs, refreshments.
Saturday 23 April
Riverton, MB: Riverton Transportation &
Heritage Centre Old Tyme Dance with The
Musical Mates, Fine Country Folk & Friends.
8 p.m., Riverton Complex, tickets $15. Late
lunch. For tickets contact (Riverton) Elaine
(204) 378-2407, Margaret (204) 378-5560;
(Gimli) Claude (204) 642-5070. Proceeds go
to the C.P. Station project.
Saturday 23 April
Winnipeg, MB: First Lutheran Church Wom-
en invite you to attend their annual Spring Tea
from 1 to 3 p.m. at 580 Victor Street. Sales of
home baking, meat pies, handicrafts, books,
plus white elephant and touch and take tables
and a silent acution. Handicap access.
April 28 -May 1,2005
Wýnyard, SK and area: The 86th lcelandic
National League Convention, “Come Home
to Vatnabyggð.” Take part in seminars, walk-
ing tours, þorrablót, and much more. Regis-
tration is required in advance, deadline is
April 1 — $90 CAD. Late registration is $125
CAD. For more information, contact Dave
or Audrey Shepherd at (306) 554-4131 or
ol.shepherd@sasktel.net, or Joan Eyolfson
Cadham at (306) 272-4994 orjcadh@sasktel.
net.
Saturday 7 May
Gimli, MB: íslendingadagurinn, the lcelan-
dic Festival of Manitoba, holds its Fjallko-
nukvöld at the Gimli Waterfront Centre, 5th
floor, in the Johnson Hall. 7 - 9 p.m. Fortick-
ets contact: Festival Office (204) 642-7417,
Helga Malis (Gimli) (204) 642-4093, or
Heather Skoropata (Gimli) (204) 642-5332,
Cash bar.Tickets $15.00 each.
surviving children of Olöf and Jóhann
Magnússon.
Her early life was brightened by
the arrival of a step-brother from lce-
land, Pétur Magnússon. Petur was
closer in age to Fanney than her three
sisters and there was a lifelong devo-
tion between them. Pétur became a
step-brother because Olöf had prom-
ised Pétur’s mother, Jóhanna, that if
anything happened to Jóhanna, Olöf
would look after Pétur. After reaching
maturity, Pétur returned to lceland, but
close contact has been maintained be-
tween them and their respective fami-
lies — even to the third generation.
After the deprivations of the De-
pression and the early years of World
War Two, Fanney suffered the loss of
June 24 - 26
Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN: 28th Annual
Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival. Spotlight
country this year: lceland. Highlights indude
a Nordic Film Festival, storytelling with “Lei-
fur Eiriksson,” Taste of Scandinavia, and
much more. For more information, visit www.
ScandinavianHjemkomstFestival.org, e-mail
FMSHF@ci.moorhead.mn.us, or phone (218)
299-5452.
June 23-26
Spanish Fork, Utah: The lcelandic Associa-
tion of Utah celebrates 150 years of lcelandic
settlement in Utah. Amopng the attractions
are a gala dinner with entertainment from lce-
land and lceland Days (exhibits, lamb dinner,
entertainment). For more information, visit
www.utahicelanders.com.
Saturday 16 July
Kinmount, ON: lce Fest — ICCT joins with
Kinmount’s Moonlight Mania summer festival
to provide a fun-filled event, including a Viking
play, Tom Bjarnason’s art, a tour of the railway
worked on by the original settlers, narrated
by Don Gislason, lceland travel videos, pön-
nukökurdemonstration, and much more. Info:
Gudrun Girgis, gudrun@on.aibnicom.
Icelandic Classes
For information about lcelandic language
dasses available near you, visit www.inlofna.
org/BB/viewtopic.php?t=93.
Literature
Sundays
Toronto, ON: The ICCT Library will be open
in its new home at the Scandinavian Cana-
dian Club, 91 Stormont Ave. on Sunday after-
noons, 2:30 to 4:30: May 15 (and more to
come).
Meetings
Sunday 24 April
Middle Musquodoboit, NS: The ICelandic
Memorial Society of Nova Scotia will hold
its Annual General Meeting at the Natural
Resources Education Centre from 2 to 4
p.m., weather permitting. Peter H. Martin
from Camden, Maine will speak on the North
American Viking settlement, “Hop,” and his
research on where it may have been located.
For more information, contact J. Marshall Bur-
gess at (902) 424-8131, Eleanor Belmore at
her husband in 1943. Suddenly and
completely unexpectedly, she became
the single mother of an eighteen-
month-old daughter. She coped beau-
tifully with all the inherent difficulties
and gave Thora every thing a daughter
could hope for.
As a single mother, she had to
rejoin the workforce when it was not
fashionable for women to do so. She
had worked at Eaton’s before her mar-
riage and again became an employee
of Eaton’s in the early 1950s. Later she
worked with a florist, a job in which she
could express her artistic talents, which
included amazing abilities for the piano,
fibre arts and the culinary arts.
In the 1960s she was able to visit
lceland for the first time. She made re-
(902) 568-2838 or Beverly Redden at (902)
384-2453.
Saturday15May
Toronto, ON: ICCT Annual General Meet-
ing. Juliann Whitmore will screen her film
Saga of Hope and talking about the making
of the film. 2:30 p.m., Scandinavian-Cana-
dian Club, 91 Stormont Ave. (near Bathurst/
Lawrence) $5 members, $6 non-members.
Coffee and goodies will be served.
Movies
Thursday 28 April
Toronto, ON: Movie Cold Light (Kaldaljos)
Directed by Hilmar Oddson, starring Ingvar E.
Sigurdsson, it premiered in lceland last year,
to great reviews and good attendance, receiv-
ing 5 “Edda” Awards. 6:30 and 8:30 National
Film Board, 150 John St. $6 students/seniors/
NFB Members; $8 others.
Thursday 26 May
Toronto, ON: Movie Noi Albinoi, Directed
by Dagmar A young man growing up in an
isolated lcelandic community doesn’t quite fit
in. Another award-winning film, with English
subtitles. National Film Board, 150 John St.
6:30 and 8:30 p.m. $6 students/seniors/NFB
members; $8 others.
Music
Weakerthans tour dates
(with the Constantines):
April 22: Edmonton, AB at U of A
April 23: Calgary, AB at Wykham House at
MRC
April 24: Calgary, AB at Wykham House at
MRC
April 26: Kelowna, BC atThe Warehouse
April 28: Victoria, BC at Sugar
April 29: Vancouver, BC at Richards On Rich-
ards
April 30: Vancouver, BC at Richards On Rich-
ards
Þorrablót
Saturday 30 April
Foam Lake, SK: Vatnabyggð lcelandic Club
holds its annual þorrablót in connection with
the lcelandic National League Convention.
Foam Lake Community Hall. For more infor-
mation, contact Dave or Audrey Shepherd at
(306) 554-4131 or ol.shepherd@sasktel.net,
or Joan Eyolfson Cadham at (306) 272-4994
orjcadh@sasktel.net.
peat visits a number of times. On each
occasion she found new relatives and
made new acquaintances. On her last
visit she invited her granddaughter
and grandson-in-law, Sara Eyvindson
and William Keays, and her grandson,
Stephen Eyvindson, to accompany her.
The visit was a great success and re-
sulted in a five-month lcelandic sojourn
in 2004 by Stephen, his wife Ailsa and
Fanney’s great-grandchildren Atli and
Bjork.
She continued to deal cheerfully
with adversity in her later years. In her
late eighties, macular degeneration
left her with only peripheral vision, and
she found reading impossible. But she
did not give up. Through the Canadian
Institute for the Blind, she learned to
use a closed-circuit television monitor,
and was able to keep up with the latest
news — especially that printed in Lög-
berg-Heimskringla — and most impor-
tantly, with correspondence with family
and friends.
She is lovingly remembered by her
daughter Thora, her son-in-law Roger
Eyvindson, her grandchildren and
their spouses, Katrina and Desmond
Moser, Stephen and Ailsa Eyvindson,
Sara Eyvindson and William Keays, her
great-grandchildren Mireille -and Freyja
Moser, Atli and Bjork Eyvindson, and
Storm and Halle Keays, her nieces and
nephews and her many other relatives
and friends.
* * *
Jóna Kristin Magnusson
25 June1916-3 April 2005
On April 3, 2005 Jóna Kristin
Magnusson, dearly beloved wife of the
late Sigursteinn Magnusson, passed
away after a short illness, at the Vic-
toria General Hospital, with her loving
family at her side.
Kristin will be lovingly remem-
bered by children, David (Jean Merrell),
Diane (Larry Adams), Theodore (Linda
Tomchuk), and Bryan (Amy Karlinsky);
grandchildren, Rachel (Ulrich Nolting),
Laura, Erik, Saul and Anna; sister Elin
Hood; numerous nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Kristin was predeceased by
parents, Maria and Magnus John-
son (Jonsson); sister Lilja; husband
Sigursteinn; and brothers, Einar and
Franklin.
Kristinwas born onJune 25,1916
and grew up on the family farm Odda
in the Geysir district of Manitoba. As a
young woman, she worked at various
jobs in the Geysir district and in the city.
In 1947, Kristin married Sigursteinn
Magnusson and they built a home and
rich life together in Magnusville.
Kristin was involved in the commu-
nity, active in the Ladies Aid Liljan, the
Woman’s Institute, the Parent-Teach-
ers’Association, and most prominently,
she was a 4-H Club leader, providing
instruction in her home to her many 4-
H students.
Kristin’s family and community life
was characterized by an amazing work
ethic. She had a positive outlook, was
kind and gentle and strong-spirited.
She always had an array of projects
on the go and was the quintessential
night owl. As she raised her children,
she worked at home, had many sew-
ing clients, and sold cosmetic products.
Later, she worked the night shift at Be-
tel Home in Gimli, where she was a
valued employee for 18 years.
Kristin’s creative energy and skill
was expressed through her wizardry
in sewing, crocheting, knitting, garden-
ing and canning. She was a fabric arts
legend in the community and was often
asked to sew bridal party dresses for
local weddings. All of Kristin’s children
and grandchildren wear their Amma-
knit lcelandic sweaters with pride.
Kristin was a social person and
loved to share coffee, cigarettes, and
stories with family and friends. She was
a gifted conversationalist in lcelandic
and English, and would tell stories that
were rich in detail. In her later years
in Magnusville, she especially valued
Beverley’s coffee-time visits.
In the last few years of her life,
Kristin was a resident at Vista Park
Lodge, where she enjoyed the excel-
lent care from staff and the friendship
of many of the residents. Kristin’s focal
point was always on her family. She
enjoyed her life with Steini, and later
nursed him through his illness. Kristin
was stoic, generous, and unselfish,
always placing family first. She valued
education, encouraged her children
and grandchildren to excel and took
delight in celebrating any and every
family occasion.
Funeral service was held Friday,
April 8 in the Riverton-Hnausa Luther-
an Church, with PastorTrudyThorarin-
son officiating. Interment followed at
Hnausa Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made in Kristin’s memory to the St.
Boniface Research Foundation, 409
Tache Ave., Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
or to the Riverton-Hnausa Lutheran
Church or to an educational institution
of choice.
We are appreciative of the kind-
ness shown by Dr. Tomia, Genevieve
and the staff at Victoria General Hospi-
tal. Arrangements entrusted to Gilbart
Funeral Chapels in Selkirk. We will be
forever grateful for your love, support
and encouragement Mom. We will al-
ways hold you dear in our hearts.
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