Eve Menich

Birthplace

Kitchener, Ontario

Born

1929

Deceased

2011

Inducted In

2000

Community Contribution

Community Service Founder

Eve Menich was born in Kitchener in 1929. As well as raising a family, Menich took time to get very involved with her community of Kitchener-Waterloo.

Menich volunteered with many local agencies including serving on the executive committee of the Parent Teacher Association; the executive committee of the K-W Kinette Club; St. Anthony Daniel Church; the executive of the Catholic Women’s League; a board member of St. Mary’s General Hospital; the Ontario Hospital Association; a board member of the Waterloo Regional Catholic Community Foundation and the Catholic Family Counseling Centre.

She volunteered as a Teacher’s Assistant; with YMCA health and children’s programs and at the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum. Menich was a founding board member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Meals-on-Wheels program, and she served as a member and chair of Family Life Education advisory committee.

Menich, married to Stephen, is the mother of Stephen and Richard.

Photograph Courtesy of David McCammon Photography.