Preston, Winifred

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Preston, Winifred

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      • Shadlock, Jessie Winifred Bernice

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      1922-1988

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      Winifred Beatrice Preston (nee Shadlock) was a lifelong resident of Agincourt, Scarborough, Ontario, where she was born January 22, 1922 and died October 10, 1988. She attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto (1939-1940) and received her Associate Diploma (ARCT) in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1949. She later received her Associate diploma from the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO) in 1983 and Choirmasters Certificate (CHM) from RCCO in 1984.

      Winifred began her teaching career in North York in 1941 and was promoted to Supervisor of Music for North York Public Schools in 1945. She retired in 1955 before the birth of her first daughter, Susan, with her husband Howard G. Preston (married, 1949).

      Throughout her life, she was involved with the music at Knox United Church in Agincourt, starting as the organist in 1942. She organized and directed the Junior Girls Choir, who sang at Sunday evening services (1955-1966), and was the choir director and organist from 1965 until her death in 1988.

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      Agincourt, Scarborough, Ontario

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