Mary Steinhauser fundraiser

The Tri-Cities NOW, page 13 Friday, December 6, 2013
      Jeremy_DEUTSCH  jdeutsch@thenownews.com 

 PoCo Resident organizes fundraiser

 

      Social worker Mary Steinhauser was killed in a botched hostage taking in 1975 at the old B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster. Her sister, PoCo resident Margaret Franz, is publishing a book about Steinhauser. 

It’s time to rock and dance for a good cause.

A fundraiser for SFU’s Mary Steinhauser Memorial Bursary Fund will be happening Saturday Dec. 7) at the Russian Hall in Vancouver. 

The rock and blues show will include the bands Mercer Van Eyes, Mud Bay Blues Band and Jug head.

Steinhauser was killed during a botched hostage taking at the old B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster in 1975.

The social worker trained as a nurse for two years at Essondale hospital or Riverview as it later became known, in the early 1960s.

Her sister, PoCo resident Margaret Franz, is in the process of publishing a book about Steinhauser, which she hopes to release to coincide with a fundraiser scheduled for March 29, 2014 at the Terry Fox Theatre in PoCo.

Doors for Saturday’s show in Vancouver open at 8 p.m. at the hail, located at 600 Campbell Ave.

Admission is a suggested $10 donation, with proceeds going to the Mary Steinhauser Memorial Bursary for SFU Aboriginal Undergraduate Students in the Arts & Social Sciences. 

 Blogged about Mary a few months ago HERE