Mary MacIsaac

Mary MacIsaac (December 27, 1893 – March 10, 2006) was Saskatchewan's oldest person, second oldest in Canada, and 19th in the world at her death, aged 112. She was born Mary MacNair in Nash Creek on Baie de Chaleur, New Brunswick to Nathaniel and Mary (née Splude) MacNair. Mary and her siblings were raised Presbyterian, but she converted to Catholicism as a young woman. She attended St. Francis Xavier University and spent her early teaching career at schools in Gull Lake, Mikado and Wolseley, Saskatchewan.