Merina was actually born Dora Houben, on January 14th 1955. Due to a messy divorce, she changed her name to Merina Theadora Matthew.
Here she is with her paternal grandpa.
She has lived all over the place: back east, in Saskatchewan, and multiple places in BC - it seems she is forever moving!
She really loves hand crafts - especially fine needle work like tatting and embroidery (something I don't have the patience to do!) and can make very beautiful things.
Here is a neat picture take a while back, taken at one of those places that specialize in period costumes.
Merina married Frederick Batsa Azu on May 19th 1981. This marriage did not work out well and they ended up divorced.
However, they did produce a very lovely daughter - Ruth Elisabeth Akefa Azu - she will get her own write up later.
This is a fairly recent photo of Merina with her dauther and ex-husband, taken at Ruth's graduation party.
And here is another recent photo of Merina - having fun blowing bubbles!
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