The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 31 BERQUIST (nee BAKER), Patricia “Pat” WWII Pat was born on March 17, 1922 in Plunkett, SK. She attended the Glynfield and Badger schools, took Grade IX and part of X by correspondence and then worked for various families in the district. After war broke out, she moved to Toronto, ON to work at the AvroAnson Aircraft plant then joined the Army in February 1943. Attached to the Pay Corps, she served with the Canadian Women’s Army Corps at various locations in Ontario and in Sainte-Anne-deBellevue, QC before she was discharged in March 1945 to look after her ailing mother. Her siblings, Frank and Harold Baker, had also enlisted in Toronto, ON. Later on in Saskatoon, SK, Pat married Ed Berquist with whom she had four children. She still resides there. BERRISFORD (nee BERGREN), Vivien WWII Vivien was born in Viscount, SK in 1915. She took her early education at Viscount Consolidated School, and then began her nursing training at Saskatoon City Hospital in1936. She enlisted in 1943 and served as a Lieutenant with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in England. During her service in England, she was one of two nurses chosen to nurse former Prime Minister, R. B. Bennett. After the war, she continued nursing, first in Saskatoon, SK where she married Enoch ‘Barry’ Berrisford, then Lethbridge, AB and finally in White Rock, BC until she retired in 1980. Vivien and her brother, Ray Bergren, both served in the Armed Forces. She died in 1996. BLACKWELL (nee ROBERTS), Kathleen WWII Kathleen was born in Viscount, SK. She attended school there then went on to become a nurse’s aide, working at T.B. hospitals at Fort San and Saskatoon, SK. She then enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with the Medical Corps. Her brothers, Stanley and John Roberts, also served in the RCAF. After her discharge, Kathleen remained at her profession in Vancouver, BC where she lived with her husband, Arthur Blackwell, and their two children.
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