1946 — GLOBE AND MAIL

“The current autocrat of The Toronto Globe and Mail readers’ breakfast tables is Dofy Skaith…”

“…talked to virtually every actor, author, singer, or other celebrity visiting Toronto.”

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She came to Canada to work on a Disney mural — and stayed for the rest of her life.

American-born: Kansas City → New York → Toronto. Also Round Hill, Jamaica; Cap d’Antibes, France; Marbella, Spain and Great Britain.

Globe columnist On The Town — illustrated with line drawings so sharp she could have been a political cartoonist. Sometimes you didn’t have to read it.

On CBC, Dofy’s voice was heard across Canada as a radio panelist on Court of Opinion and later on television.

WWII volunteer — Red Cross, Women’s Transport Corps, parade leader. Chair, Gallery Shop at the AGO when it opened. Junior League. Breeder of standard French poodles and Charolais cattle — breeding takes science — and voice on consumerism, food and nutrition.

Creative, generous and kind.