VANCOUVER IS AWESOME — Former VGH nurse and pianist finds home at Vancouver’s Terraces On Seventh
They say, ‘Home is where your heart is.’
For Terraces On Seventh resident Muriel Morris, Vancouver has been a longtime love. It’s where she put down roots as a child, had a career caring for others, raised a family, and ran a successful business with her husband.
Muriel was born in the small town of Churchbridge, Saskatchewan – close to the Manitoba border – and lived there until she was 12.
After her mother passed away, her father brought her to Vancouver in the early 1940s.
“I actually feel like I am a native of Vancouver, because I was so young when I came here,” says Muriel, who turns 91 this June. “It was after the war, and rationing was still in place.
“Things were quite different back then, not all built up like today. And I remember walking over the wooden boardwalk of the Granville Bridge to my aunt and uncle’s house on West 14th.”
Later, she would earn a degree as a piano teacher. But Muriel’s true calling was to care for others, and Muriel chose nursing, graduating from Vancouver General Hospital’s nursing program in 1953.
“It was difficult. I didn’t really want to be a music teacher, so I went into nursing and loved it,” she says. “I’ve got that type of personality; I’m a caregiver. I feel good when I help people.”
Muriel spent 14 years as a nurse at VGH, and then went into business with her husband. Together, they ran a furniture and giftware store in the Chinatown area – Benmor Furniture – for 30 years.
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