they lived. She was interested in art! culture and
history and was enrolled in the Faculty of Fine Arts
at the University of Minnesota when they lived in
St. Paul. Beatrice studied German and became
fluent in that language. This was greatly ap-
preciated by her mother—in—law when she flew from
Vienna to visit them.

Erich’s work took them to England, where
Beatrice was delighted with the English gardens and
became an avid gardener herself, growing beautiful
roses and shrubs. They took up sailing and both
became quite dexterous at handling a sailboat in
the English Channel. Their next home was in Los
Gatos. California.

Beatrice returned to Manitoba in the summer of
1971 to visit with her relatives and friends. Her
health was poor at this time and she became ill and
was unable to return to her home in Los Gatos.
She passed away on October 11, 1971.

Beatrice is lovingly remembered by her family
and friends and by her nieces and nephews, to
whom she gave so much love and affection.

3. Guon’m Sigribur (Siggal was born in 1926.
She grew up in the Geysir district and moved to
Winnipeg in 1944. She was employed with the
Canadian Wheat Board until she married Robert
Tait of Winnipeg. Robert is an Air Force veteran
and is presently employed with Imperial Oil of Win—
nipeg. Robert and Sigga have four children:

a) Ralph Neil lives in Winnipeg.

bl Paula Catherine lives in Winnipeg and is mar»
tied to Irv Biluk.

c} Bruce Lawrence lives in Winnipeg.

d} Pamela Ingrid Mary is still at home.

4. Laws, Jr. married Margret Sigurveig
Johnson from Riverton, Manitoba on September
26, 1948. Margret is the daughter of Sigrfin and
the late Valdimar Johnson of Riverton. They reside
in Arborg, Manitoba. Larus has been in the
automotive trade business for thirty years and co—

  

Larus and Margaret Poison Family
Gregory Larus Valdimar, Elaine Sigrun, Ernest Alan, Linda
Margaret, David Jeffrey.

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owner of Viking Motors Ltd. from 1958-1980. He
served as Councillor in the first Incorporated Village
of Arborg Council 1963—65 and also spent a
number of years on town planning. He was return-
ed to Council in the 1980 elections.

They have five children and seven
grandchildren :

a} Linda Margaret is married to Raymond
Sigvaiclason. They reside in Vioir and have three
children, Todd Raymond, Scott Russell and
Melanie Elan.

b) Gregory Lam's Valdimar married Laureen
Benson. Gregory is a teacher at Arborg Collegiate
and they reside in Geysir at Arnheioarstaour
which was the homestead of the first teacher in a
Geysir school, Johann Magnfis Bjarnason. Their
children are Sean Benedikt Larus and Erin Lot-an.

cl Elaine Sigrfin married Ronald Shoemaker.
They reside in Brandon and their children are Lori
Lynn and Mark Aaron.

d} Ernest Allan resides in Carman, Manitoba.

3) David Jeffrey is still at home in Arborg.

5. Albina Ingibjorg (Inga) was born in 1931. She
grew up in the Geysir district. ‘She married
Wallace Doll of Rivenon, Manitoba. They were
later divorced. Inga and Wallace had one son,
Wesley Conrad.

Inga worked for the Arborg North Star Couop
Creamery Association as an office clerk before
moving to Winnipeg in 1961. There she was
employed with Pitblado and Hoskin, a law firm,
for several years. She later became interested in
natural healing and studied nutrition, scientific
massage and reflexology and changed her employ»
ment to work full time as a reflexologist in the Ar-
borg area.

a) Wesley Doll married Jaclyn Deborah
Richards. They reside in Winnipeg and have two
children, Quentin Wesley and Krista Nicole.

Clafur (or), Sigurour (Siggi) and Victor still
live in the family home, together with their mother,
Elin. Hialti married Carol, daughter of Fribrik and
Helga Finnson of Vihir, in 1975. They live in
their own home on the same farm with sons Brent,
Curtis and Darcy Erlendson. Carol is employed at
the village office in Arborg.

For several years, Oli worked part time with
heavy equipment and on railway construction
before beginning farming full time. Then the four
brothers took over Larus’s farm, expanding the
operation to 8 1f 2 quarters and changing over
from dairy to beef cattle and grain.

*She spent the first years of her life at the home
of Boovar and Guolaug Jakobson, rejoining the
rest of the family when Larus was married for the
second time.