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ÁRDÍS
Anna Harvey
She was born at Heiðarbót in
Thingeyjarsýsla on the north coast
of Iceland, and she passed away
in Vancouver, B.C., aged seventy-
five years. She was six years old
when she came to Canada and re-
sided in Winnipeg for some time.
At an early age she began to work
and earn her living — always re-
membering her mother’s admoni-
tion: “To be industrious — to read
and to work — but above all things
to love God and do His Will.” (An
Icelandic quotation from an old
poem.) This good advice she fol-
lowed all the days of her life.
In this beautiful city of Vancou-
ver she made her home for more
than fifty years. She came when
the city was still young and saw it develop and grow. People of Ice-
landic descent who arrived at that time are gradually falling by
the wayside, but they have done nobly in holding fast to the
Icelandic language, literature and traditions. Mrs. Harvey was a
charter member of the “Sólskin” society and worked faithfully to
bring comfort and cheer to the elderly and needy, these forty-four
years since the society was organized.
In this city Mrs. Harvey made her home with her husband, who
passed away seventeen years ago, and here brought up her two
children who now mourn a beloved mother, with four grand-
children and four great grandchildren. Here also Mrs. Harvey’s
aged mother made her home for many years, receiving love and
tender care—fulfilling the commandment “Honour thy Father and
thy Mother.”
Mrs. Harvey worked hard and unselfishly, though often in