Southern Russia and Music Teacher

music teacher: When Mary was 14, her family immigrated to Canada from their beloved home in the Caucasus region of southern Russia. Her father, a school principal, and her mother, a music teacher, made the move with their six children to escape the tyrannical changes brought on by the Russian Revolution seven years earlier. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. The Ewerts could take only two steamer trunks on the arduous journey to their new home in rural Saskatchewan, and Marys father was heartbroken to leave their home library and her mothers grand piano. Fittingly, Mary always carried in her heart a deep love of books and music and Bridge player, lifelong learner, nurturer. Born on Oct. 1, 1910, in Welikoknashesk, Russia; died on Aug. 13, 2014, in Lethbridge, Alta., of natural causes, aged 103. Submit a Lives Lived column (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.