Dr. Deborah Louise Glaister

1906 - 1986  (79 years)

• Name	Deborah Louise Glaister
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	19 Aug 1906	Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208599634
  Residence	1911	Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Died	31 Jul 1986	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Honoured	Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario
  	Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario named in her honor
  Military	WW2 - Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps where she qualified as Captain
  Name	Deborah Louise Hannay
  Name	Dr. Debbie Glaister
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-164879
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I164879	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Dr. William Glaister,   b. 30 Jun 1866, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Feb 1948  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary Louise Morton,   b. 17 Aug 1878, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1965  (Age 86 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1905	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F162514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Captain John Rainnie Hannay,   b. 1905,   d. 4 Jul 1990, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F55020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Dr. Deborah Glaister

  
  

• Notes

  Deborah Glaister was born in Wellesley Township in 1906 into a medical family. Her father's high expectations and diagnostic skills influenced her greatly to choose medicine over the more traditional role of nursing. Glaister graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1932 and did post-graduate work in England. In 1936 she returned to Wellesley, Ontario to assist her ailing father with his medical practice. For several years, Dr. Debbie, as she was known, took on a busy rural caseload and she was Wellesley Township's first female physician. Her deep compassion and professionalism made her very popular with her patients. In 1943 the recently married Glaister-Hannay joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps where she qualified as Captain. After the war Glaister-Hannay had a full medical practice as Kitchener's first female specialist. She later joined Freeport Hospital, eventually becoming the hospital's chief of staff. In 1999, Wellesley Township honoured its first female doctor by naming a road Deborah Glaister Line. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame _____________ HANNAY, Dr. Deborah (John) - At Freeport Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., on Thursday, July 31, 1986, Dr. Deborah G. Hannay (nee Glaister), of Freeport Hospital. Dr. Hannay practised medicine in this area for many years and was Medical Director of Freeport Hospital. Beloved wife of John Hannay of Kitchener; daughter of the late Dr. William and Mrs. Glaister of Wellesley, Ont. Also survived by a number of nieces and nephews and great- nieces and nephews. Predeceased by a sister, Helen. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Aug. 3, 1986 at 2 p.m. in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. Cremation, with interment in Woodland cemetery. Memorial donations to the building fund of Freeport Hospital would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be made through the funeral home. There will be no visitation at the funeral home prior to the service. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Fri, Aug 01, 1986 Page 47

  
  

• Sources

  [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Div. 11 page 17. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

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  Born - 19 Aug 1906 - Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Jul 1986 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario named in her honor - - Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth