Margery Dahn, a long-time peace and civil rights activist and one of the founding members of the South Shore chapter in Nova Scotia, passed away on August 01st at the age of 91. A memorial service to celebrate the Life of Margery was held this past weekend in Lunenburg.
Here is an article about Margery, published in Fall 2005’s edition of Canadian Perspectives, including a photo.
Margery was very active in the chapter since its inception in 2000, with her husband Ray also getting involved in 2008. They both stepped back in 2011. Originally from the United States, Margery was passionate about peace and civil rights, and became active with the NS Voice of Women for Peace chapter as well as Project Ploughshares after moving to Nova Scotia in the 1970’s.
As part of the chapter, Margery initiated a weekly peace vigil in 2003, which continues in Bridgewater today. She was chairperson of the chapter for awhile, wrote great letters to the editor and kept a scrapbook of everything the local chapter was involved with from media clippings, letters to the editor, etc.. Along with receiving the Ken Wardroper Founder’s award at the Council’s Annual General Meeting in 2002, the chapter paid tribute to her at their Annual General Meeting in 2011, and again celebrated her work at her 90th birthday party. She knew she was loved and appreciated.
Marion Moore, South Shore chapter contact, said of Margery: “She was a mentor and inspiration to so many of us. We always counted on her for her research. She would scour articles to find obscure details, and make the connections to the big picture. She has left a lasting legacy to our chapter and to the peace and justice community in ‘Nova Scotia”
We join in extending our condolences to Margery’s partner Ray and their family, and to the South Shore chapter for their loss. May the Monday afternoon peace vigil in Bridgewater continue in her honour.
