Yukon who is who

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Muriel Mary Jane Needham (1916 – 2006)

Muriel Needham was born in Vancouver. She attended business college and was an active field hockey player. In 1942, she started work for Canadian Pacific Airlines in the reservations department and occasionally flew as a spotter on the search and rescue planes. She transferred to Whitehorse in 1944. She met and married John W. Needham, a local merchant. They purchased the Kee Bird Store which they operated until the late 1960s when they retired to Kelowna. Muriel and Jack were life members of the Yukon Pioneers Association and the Yukon Order of Pioneers in Kelowna.¹⁾