Ida Orser

1992 National Memorial Silver Cross Mother - Ida Orser

Ida Orser

National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Ida Orser. (Photo: courtesy of Anna Marie Belyea)

(Photo: courtesy of Anna Marie Belyea)
National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Ida Orser. (Photo: courtesy of Anna Marie Belyea)(Photo: courtesy of Anna Marie Belyea)

Mrs. Ida Orser of Hartland, New Brunswick, was the 1992 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1992, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.

On February 28, 1945, her son, Sergeant Ivan Malcolm Orser, was killed in action in Calcar, Germany while serving with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.

Ida Elizabeth Orser, née Loupin married George Bliss Orser. They had five children, Ivan Malcolm, Gerald George, Eldon Reginald, Geraldine Kathryn and Elizabeth Anna Marie.

Mrs. Orser joined the Ladies Auxiliary in January 1936, one year after the Auxiliary Charter. She was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Life Membership and Certificate of Merit in recognition of her faithful Service.