2022 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Candy Greff
2022 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Candy Greff
(Photo: Royal Canadian Legion www.Legion.ca)
(Photo: Royal Canadian Legion)
Candy Greff calls Lacombe, Alberta home, and has for many years. She was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and was raised mainly in the town of Radville where she later met her husband, Greg. As a Licensed Practical Nurse over 33 years, she received her certification in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and was immersed in a profession in which selflessness and a gregarious nature are virtues. Candy and her husband Greg had three children including Byron, Chelsey and Dustin – and are happy grandparents of eight.
As the National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother, Mrs. Greff will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial on 11 November 2022 on behalf of all Canadian mothers who have lost a son or a daughter in the military either in action or in the course of his/her normal duty. Throughout the year she will also be called upon to perform other duties honouring the Fallen from all conflicts.
She lost her son Master Corporal Byron Greff, on 29 October 2011, who was riding inside an armoured NATO bus when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-filled car which impacted the bus. He was the first Canadian soldier to die during that particular training mission, and the last Canadian soldier to lose his life in Afghanistan.
List of National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mothers
(Information courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion, Canadian War Museum and families of the National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mothers)
2010 - Present
Year |
Name |
City/Town |
2023 |
Mrs. Gloria Hooper |
St. Claude, Manitoba |
2022 |
Mrs. Candy Greff |
Lacombe, Alberta |
2021 |
Mrs. Josée Simard |
Les Mechins, Quebec |
2020 |
Mrs. Debra Sullivan |
Saint John, New Brunswick |
2019 |
Mrs. Reine Samson Dawe |
St-Prosper, Québec |
2018 |
Mrs. Anita Cenerini |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
2017 |
Mrs. Diana Abel |
Brampton, Ontario |
2016 |
Mrs. Colleen Fitzpatrick |
Prince George, British Columbia |
2015 |
Mrs. Sheila Anderson |
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
2014 |
Mrs. Gisèle Michaud |
Edmundston, New Brunswick |
2013 |
Mrs. Niki Psiharis |
Laval, Quebec |
2012 |
Mrs. Roxanne Priede |
Grand Forks, British Columbia |
2011 |
Mrs. Patricia Braun |
Raymore, Saskatchewan |
2010 |
Mrs. Mabel Girouard |
Bathurst, New Brunswick |
1990 - 2009
Year |
Name |
City/Town |
2009 |
Mrs. Della Marie Morley |
East Saint Paul, Manitoba |
2008 |
Mrs. Avril Dianna Stachnik |
Waskatenau, Alberta |
2007 |
Mrs. Wilhelmina Beerenfenger-Koehler |
Embrun, Ontario |
2006 |
Mrs. Alice Murphy |
Conception Harbour, Newfoundland |
2005 |
Mrs. Claire Léger |
Stittsville, Ontario |
2004 |
Mrs. Agatha Dyer |
Montreal, Québec |
2003 |
Mrs. Charlotte Lynn Smith |
Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia |
2002 |
Mrs. Doreen Coolen |
Hubbards, Nova Scotia |
2001 |
Mrs. Ina Galvin |
Bolton centre, Québec |
2000 |
Mrs. Carol Isfeld |
Courtenay, British Columbia |
1999 |
Mrs. Loyola Helen Park |
London, Ontario |
1998 |
Mrs. Anna Zuk (Prygroski) |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
1997 |
Mrs. Alice Taylor |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1996 |
Mrs. Margaret Langille |
River John, Nova Scotia |
1995 |
Mrs. Elsie Wells |
Edmonton, Alberta |
1994 |
Mrs. Wilhelmina Baerr |
Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
1993 |
Mrs. Isabella Hutchings |
St. John’s, Newfoundland |
1992 |
Mrs. Ida Orser |
Hartland, New Brunswick |
1991 |
Mrs. Alice Taylor |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1990 |
Mrs. Elsie Pearce |
Trenton, Ontario |
1970 - 1989
Year |
Name |
City/Town |
1989 |
Mrs. Rachel Morin |
Rimouski, Quebec |
1988 |
Mrs. Hazel Driscoll |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1987 |
Mrs. Secondina Di Persio |
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia |
1986 |
Mrs. Mabel Bateman |
Richmond Hill, Ontario |
1985 |
Mrs. Rose Bernst |
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
1984 |
Mrs. Olive (Rumball) Hunter |
Summerland, British Columbia |
1983 |
Mrs. Constance Wylie |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
1982 |
Mrs. Janet Fraser |
Debert, Nova Scotia |
1981 |
Mrs. Isabel Harrison |
Bury, Quebec |
1980 |
Mrs. Greta Steeves |
Elgin, Albert County, New Brunswick |
1979 |
Mrs. Eliza Beatty |
Carlyle, Saskatchewan |
1978 |
Mrs. Janet Cantley |
Montreal, Quebec |
1977 |
Mrs. Mary Boutilier |
Niagara Falls, Ontario |
1976 |
Mrs. Olive Rae (Jubb) |
Victoria, British Columbia |
1975 |
Mrs. Alta Wilkinson |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1974 |
Mrs. Annie Margaret Rudd |
Stettler, Alberta |
1973 |
Mrs. Margaret Santo |
Bender, Saskatchewan |
1972 |
Mrs. Mary Louise McLeod |
Neyaashiinigmiing, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation |
1971 |
Mrs. Mary Anderson |
Selkirk, Manitoba |
1970 |
Mrs. Mary Josephine Meech |
North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
1950 - 1969
Year |
Name |
City/Town |
1969 |
Mrs. Wilhemina Gray |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
1968 |
Mrs. Pearl Rich |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
1967 |
Mrs. Elsie Adams |
St. Catharines, Ontario |
1966 |
Mrs. Josephine Stephens |
Toronto, Ontario |
1965 |
Mrs. Nora Wagner |
Teeterville, Ontario |
1964 |
Mrs. Bernadette Rivait |
Windsor, Ontario |
1963 |
Mrs. Mary E. Stodgell |
Norwood, Manitoba |
1962 |
Mrs. Vitaline Lanteigne |
Caraquet, New Brunswick |
1961 |
Mrs. Sylvia Kimmel |
Mission City, British Columbia |
1960 |
Mrs. Julienne Cantin |
McCreary, Manitoba |
1959 |
Mrs. Dagnie Asta Anderson |
Craigmyle, Alberta |
1958 |
Mrs. Helen Forestell |
Coniston, Ontario |
1957 |
Mrs. Zylpha MacFarlane |
Truro, Nova Scotia |
1956 |
Mrs. Gertrude Edna Reynolds |
Chatham, Ontario |
1955 |
Mrs. Regina Leboldus |
Vibank, Saskatchewan |
1954 |
Mrs. Margaret Heeney |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1953 |
Mrs. Mary Casey |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1952 |
Mrs. Hannah McCann |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1951 |
Mrs. Alice Rochon |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1950 |
Mrs. Susan Beasley |
Ottawa, Ontario |
1936 - 1949