Notable Staff
- Lois Boyle (b. Shellbrook, Sask., 8 June 1932 – d. Regina, Sask., 5 January 2012): in her role as a civilian senior administrative assistant to several base commanders of C.F.B. Moose Jaw, Boyle was closely involved in the birth of the Snowbirds and also helping them mature into the 1980s. Boyle arrived at the base in late 1950s and became so valuable to its workings that she was one of only two civilians to receive a Centennial Medal. She was said to be invaluable as a base commander's aid. For her years of dedication and support to the team she earned the title 'Mother of the Snowbirds', and her funeral ceremony was marked with an honourary flyover by seven Snowbird jets.
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