Frances Oneson (CV/HU) - Canada's 1st woman controller

Frances Oneson: 1917 - 2013 Passed away peacefully on January 12, 2013 in Lachine, Quebec.

A devoted sister, aunt, friend and neighbour, she is survived by her brother Lawrence (Helen) and several loving nieces and nephews. Her beloved siblings Anthony, Paul, Thomas, Heather (Gertrude) and Martin predeceased her. She leaves family and friends with many stories and fond memories. Visitation will take place on Thursday, January 17th from 2 - 4 pm and 7 - 9 pm at the Collins Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Home, 222 Autoroute 20, Pointe-Claire. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 18th at 11 am at Saint Veronica's Parish, 1300 Carson Avenue, Dorval. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lakeshore General Hospital.

from Tom Fudakowski: I worked with Frances in Cartierville Tower for a couple of weeks; as that was a mandatory process when one qualified in Dorval Tower and was assigned to work there. Frances was one of the first female controllers along with Marg Dunseith (Toronto) and Edna Dierden also at Cartierville. When Cartierville closed Frances went to St Hubert along with all the staff except for Edna who stayed in Cartierville as the lone controller to handle the Canadair flights on a 9 to 5 basis weekdays. To my knowledge Frances always lived on the lakeshore. She did try to requalify in Dorval when CV closed to reduce the commute but after a while decided she preferred GA type traffic and did go to YHU.

from Phil Gies: When I went to Cartierville in May 1967, Frances was one of the first to welcome me. Always a good person to work with, she had a positive attitude and really did enjoy the hectic circuit traffic of Cartierville.