Orma Slack

Orma Slack

Slack at 110
Born Orma Mae Snider[1]
February 19, 1903
Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
Died April 13, 2015[2]
(aged 112 years, 53 days)
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Known for Oldest living person in Canada
Spouse(s) William George Slack (1902-1988)[1][3]
Children 2
Parent(s) Frank Lorne Snider and Annie Carson[1]

Orma Mae Slack (née Snider; February 19, 1903 – April 13, 2015) was a Canadian supercentenarian who, at the time of her death aged 112 years, 53 days, was the oldest living person in Canada since the death of Colombe Benoît-Leclerc on 14 January 2015.

Biography

Slack was born on February 19, 1903 in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. She was one of six children of Frank Lorne Snider and Annie Carson.[4] On 4 September 1926 she wed William George Slack, to whom she stayed married until his death in 1988.[1][5] With her husband and their two children, she moved to Belleville in the early 1950s.[6] Slack was a teacher and the first female principal in Belleville,[7] before her retirement at the age of 64.[4] Even after her 100 birthday she remained very active; she was on skis for her 100th birthday, and she worked as a hospital volunteer until the age of 104.[5] She outlived one of her children, Rosemary, who died in 1991 at the age of 51 years.[5] On her 110th birthday, she said that it might be her last.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Muskoka & Parry Sound Dist., 1926". Ancestry.com.
  2. ↑ Obituary for Orma Slack
  3. ↑ "William George Slack (1902-1988)". Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Oldest known Ontarian celebrates 110th birthday in Belleville". Thestar.com. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Orma goodness! She's 110!". Community Press. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "109 and doin' fine". The Belleville Intelligencer. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  7. ↑ http://countylive.ca/blog/?p=23141
Records
Preceded by
Colombe Benoît-Leclerc		 Oldest living person in Canada
14 January 2015 — 13 April 2015		 Succeeded by
Marguerite Wabano