A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF Marie Muir (1930—2018)
Sunday 17th February 2019 at 10AM
The event was a celebration of Marie’s life.
Her Grandaughter Ella sang a medley of songs that Marie use to sing.
Everyone was asked to please bring your singing voices to sing with her.
Max Taylor and Mirina Muir were MC the event
and had some wonderful stories to tell
along with other people who worked with Marie.
NSW Teachers Federation Auditorium
37 Reservoir Street Surry Hills
Jozefa Sobski AM, Chair of the Board, Jessie Street National Women’s Library had been informed by the family that Marie Muir passed away in Perth.
Marie was a long time Board member till 2013 of Jessie Street National Women’s Library. She was Vice Chair from 2006- 2009 and Chair in 2011. She convened the Annual Luncheon organising committee and was an energetic and entertaining MC at the event for many years. Her bursts into Judy Small’s song “A Heroine of Mine” at the Luncheon always lifted our spirits. Warmth, inclusiveness and an ability to make all feel comfortable and welcome in the Library, was her personal style. She insisted on democratic decision-making, having learnt this from her many years of activism in the NSW Teachers’ Federation and a distinguished teaching career ending as Principal of Wahroonga Primary School. She will be remembered with affection and great respect as a committed feminist and a passionate supporter of public education. The funeral was held in Perth with a memorial service in Sydney later in the year. Jozefa Sobski AM Chair of the Board, Jessie Street National Women’s Library
Jozefa Sobski AM, Chair of the Board, Jessie Street National Women’s Library had been informed by the family that Marie Muir passed away in Perth.
Marie was a long time Board member till 2013 of Jessie Street National Women’s Library. She was Vice Chair from 2006- 2009 and Chair in 2011. She convened the Annual Luncheon organising committee and was an energetic and entertaining MC at the event for many years. Her bursts into Judy Small’s song “A Heroine of Mine” at the Luncheon always lifted our spirits. Warmth, inclusiveness and an ability to make all feel comfortable and welcome in the Library, was her personal style. She insisted on democratic decision-making, having learnt this from her many years of activism in the NSW Teachers’ Federation and a distinguished teaching career ending as Principal of Wahroonga Primary School. She will be remembered with affection and great respect as a committed feminist and a passionate supporter of public education. The funeral was held in Perth with a memorial service in Sydney later in the year. Jozefa Sobski AM Chair of the Board, Jessie Street National Women’s Library
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