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The Globe and Mail Mary Ann Colihan Published February 9, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Muriel Bridgette Butts: Grande dame. Army wife. Acadian. Thrifter. Born July 17, 1922, in Truro, N.S.; died Nov. 25, 2020, in London, Ont., from Parkinson’s disease; aged 98. Muriel Burke grew up in Truro, N.S., the second-oldest of seven siblings. Times were tight but the Burke home was filled with music. Muriel earned her teacher’s licence at the Truro Old Normal College and taught in Kentville. Here she met Blaise Butts – a handsome captain in the Royal Canadian Regiment. They fell in love and married when she turned 21. Muriel said if you were an army wife, you had to be prepared to move – she did about 15 times. The coup ....