Lois Ann Fairley
Canadian nurse
Lois Ann Fairley, RN (née Cowan; July 6, 1931 – July 19, 2007) was a Canadian nurse, a patient care advocate, an Ontario labour leader, and a community service activist.
Personal life
Lois Ann Fairley was born on July 6, 1931, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to James Alexander Cowan, and Grace Fenwick Williams. She was the granddaughter of the Canadian Presbyterian minister and historian, Hugh Cowan. She was also the granddaughter of Canadian journalist and historian, Fred Williams; the great-granddaughter of the Victorian era war correspondent, writer, and newspaper editor Charles Williams; and the niece of Olympic athlete John Fitzpatrick.
She graduated as a registered nurse at the Grace Hospital and worked there from 1955 until her retirement in 1993. She married Henry William Grant Fairley, a Windsor police officer, on June 25, 1955.
Career
Nursing
Fairley worked as a registered nurse in her 38 years of nursing career at the Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ontario, Canada from 1955 to 1993. Grace Hospital was founded as a general hospital in 1920. It was closed in 1996 and merged with Hotel-Dieu Hospital. She was noted by her colleagues for her ongoing support for nurses.
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