Betty Anne (Ohrt) Mutchnik (1932 - 1989)

Born 22 Aug 1932 in Gray, Sask, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Marvin Eugene Mutchnik — married 30 Jun 1973 in Regina, Sask, Canada

Died 2 Jun 1989 at age 56 in Caldwell, Idaho, USA

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Biography

Betty was born in 1932. She was the daughter of Arthur Ohrt and Lena Doughty. She passed away in 1989.

Both ( Betty and Marvin) held the hope that what they did as teachers would make a difference in the world, whether they were dealing with those students who were the best and brightest or those who seemed less promising and whose gift glowed more dimly. Both gave wholly of themselves in everything they did, and both were impatient with those who gave less of themselves. Taken from Dr T Rivers, Chair Department of Music EWU, spoken at Memorial Concert in honour of Betty and Marvin.

Timeline for Betty:

1932 - Born in Gray, Sask - Growing up she was part of the "3 Musketeers" with cousins Marie and Margaret

1938 - attended Buck Lake Public School for grade 1-8

c1946 - parents moved to Regina (about 30 miles) so she could attend Scott Collegiate

c1950 - (age 18) Nurses training at Grey Nuns Hospital (now Pasqua Hospital)

1954 - (age 22) received her Degree in Public Health Nursing from U of S

1954-1956 - Served as Public Health Nurse in Moosomin, SK area

1957 - (age 25) went on World Tour for a year.

1957 - in Australia worked for some months as a governess/nurse on a station. Her parents visited her there.

1957 - in India she served as a Nurse/Administrator at a Mission Hospital

1957 - in Turkey and Morocco she helped set up Health Care units

1958 - worked as Obstetrical Instructor at the Regina General Hospital

1963 - (age 31) Dean of Women in Eastern Washington University (EWU)

1967 - (age 35) Master of Arts Degree from U of Minnesota

1970-1971 - Sabbatical leave - she travelled and became interested in Women's Health in Foreign Countries

1971 - Back at EWU she changed her life's focus to Women's issues

1972 - (age 40) Director of Women's Programs at EWU

1973 - (age 41) Married Marvin Mutchnik

1975 - (age 43) appointed Associated Dean of Health Services until she retired in 1988

1979 - (age 47) PHD in Educational Administration from Washington State University

1985 - (age 53) presented a paper at the United Nations Decade of Women's Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

1988 - (age 56) retired

1989 June - (age 56) Betty and Marvin died in car accident in Idaho, USA

1989 Fall - Memorial Concert in their honour held at EWU

Sources

• A Harman History : Henry and Esther Harman and their descendants. by Marie Svedahl 1992

Acknowledgments

• First-hand information as remembered by Marie Svedahl,