The Grandmothers::Rosemary Konynenbelt

She was born in 1939 - on the day that Canada joined Britain in the Second World War. Growing up in small farming communities in southern Alberta she got her teaching certification at the University of Alberta in the early 60's and then began teaching high school.  Once she had children, she continued to teach as a substitute teacher at elementary schools in Lethbridge.  Teaching is in the blood of the family, her mother, Beth Benson, was a lifelong elementary teacher, her daughter, Pam, became a special education teacher, and her granddaughter, Ashlyn, is now teaching elementary school in Minnesota. Her tenacity and strength is a source of wonder for her family and friends -- she has survived inoperable brain cancer, and following that, a brain aneurysm.  She's slowed down since then but continues to be a marvel of recovery and life.

​~ Kevin Konynenbelt