Mabel Emilie Krug

The contributions of Mabel Krug to civic, provincial and national life encompass all humanity. Coming to Canada from the USA in 1912, she married Henry Krug in 1924, a Kitchener industrialist.

Krug was given a special citation in 1975 for her outstanding service, locally, provincially, and nationally, to the Canadian Cancer Society, of which she is a National Honourary Life member.

Krug also held executive positions with the Canadian Opera Company; the Canadian Opera Guild; the Dominion Drama Festival; the Edward Johnson Music Foundation; the K-W Symphony Orchestra Association; the Carmel of St. Joseph Guild; the K-W Art Gallery; the Catholic Women’s League and the Sunbeam Home for Retarded Children. She also served on the Board of Wilfrid Laurier University.

Krug was named Woman of the Year by the K-W Quota Club in 1958, and Citizen of the Year by the K-W Jaycees in 1963; was awarded the Centennial Medal of Canada in 1967; the Kitchener Medallion in 1969 and was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1972.