Fraser, Joyce Helen (Corbin/Slager)
Austin Fraser (1918-2007)
Helen Slager __Richard Corbin, John Slager (step) __
Daughters: _Lynne, Kim, Cynthia, Gail, Shannon, Sandi (adopted)
Joyce Helen Corbin (later, Slager after her step-father) was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She married Austin Fraser in Princeton. She died at Princeton General Hospital.
When it looked as though Interior Health would close the Princeton General Hospital many years ago, Joyce organized a hearse and drove along with other locals to Interior Health’s Administration office in Kelowna with signs and a presentation of how people in Princeton and area would die if the hospital was to close.
With a personal loan co-signed by her husband, Austin, Princeton and District Community Services Society was formed and grew with the help of many dedicated like-minded people. Joyce spent many years creating and fine tuning a plan for a sheltered housing complex for seniors who needed a place to live between home and extended care. This outstanding addition to Princeton, a first and now modelled by the province, Vermillion Court, is filled to capacity providing seniors with a private apartment and two meals a day in the common dining room.
Joyce worked for Princeton and District Community Services Society until she was 73.
Photo: Similkameen Spotlight
Obituary Joyce Helen Fraser – Princeton Similkameen Spotlight
Princeton Our Valley, pages 336, 337; The School on Vermilion, page 63; Similkameen Spotlight, October 9, 2019 (obituary)