LONGTIME North
Vancouver school
trustee Dorothy Lynas
died Friday at Lions
Gate Hospital.

She would have tured 86
on Sept. 2

Lim ws was admitted to hes-
pital Monday, Sept. 8, in failing
health and died at 12:05 a.m.
on Sept. 19 of heart failure. Sie
was surrounded by family.

; Lynas, neé Dorothy
Beattie Spencer, was first
elected to the school board in

_ 1956 and served continuously
for the next 30 years. Her
length of service is unmatched

in the province.

Sn September 1990, the dis-

_ trict recognized her commit-

:*. ment to the board by dedicat-

ing a newly built school,

Dorothy Lynas elementary, in

- her honor.

~Lynas was born in

"> Saskatchewan in 191], Early
-_On,.she received her political

“education at home, said fong-

‘time friend Berty Griffia. Her

. father, “Old Pop Spencer,” was

"a founding member of the Communist Party.

: During the Depression years, the unemployed
hopping the freight knew they could always get
a slice of home-made bread and a bit of mar-
miaiade even when the family had little else to eat,

.. Said Griffin.

She was married at 22 to Sam Lynas. A
Month after arziving in North Vancouver in
1946, she became involved in the Parent Teacher
Cotincil, She was later to establish the Lynn
‘Valley Ratepayers’ Association, serve on the
North Shore. Union Board of Health, North
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DOROTHY Lynas attended the 1990 dedication of a
school in her honor, Dorothy Lynas elementary.

Shore Traffic Council and the board of North
Shore Neighbourhood House.

“She was a tireless advocate for public educa-
tion, social justice, dignity and the individual,”
said North Van schools superintendent Robin
Brayne. “Her legacy and contribution to the
community will live on in the school that bears
hex name.”

Lynas is predeceased by her husband, Sam,
and son, Gary. She is survived by her daughter-
in-law Shirley, three grandchildren and four
ercat-grandchildren.

—— Layne Christensen

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