Phyllis McCrimmon

Sept. 18, 2006

Phyllis McCrimmon, nee White, was born in 1912, went to school in Vancouver and the University of British Columbia where she met her husband Douglas McCrimmon. Her father was a commercial artist and Phyllis followed in his footsteps starting to paint when she was seven years old. Her husband worked for several logging companies, the last being MacMillan Bloedel. The company sent him to Vancouver Island, to Wilson Creek and other logging areas until he finally became manager of lands and forests in Vancouver. They lived there and in North Vancouver before retiring to Halfmoon Bay in 1978. Phyllis brought up four children and continued to paint as much as possible. She has vivid memories of life during WW11 and of her childhood holidays in central B.C. She won many tennis trophies having learned to play at the age of seven. Both in Vancouver and on the coast she was a member of the University Women's Clubs.