Background
She was born in Berlin, Ontario (later Kitchener) in 1906 and grew up there.
She was born in Berlin, Ontario (later Kitchener) in 1906 and grew up there.
University of Toronto.
Staebler received a Bachelor from the University of Toronto and a teacher"s certificate from the Ontario College of Education. Staebler married in 1933 but divorced in 1962. She wrote articles for Maclean"s, Chatelaine, Saturday Night, Reader"s Digest, Star Weekly and other newspapers and magazines.
She has also written non-fiction with Canadian themes.
In 1991, she established an award for creative non-fiction, awarded annually by Wilfrid Laurier University. She died of a stroke in Waterloo, Ontario, in 2006 at the age of 100.
Edna"s birth certificate shows she was originally named Cora Margaret Cress but her name was changed after registration by letter to Edna Louise Cress. She was the daughter of John Gerp Cress (7 April 1875 - 23 October 1932) (machinist) and Louise Sattler (24 January 1881 - 8 March 1972) who were married 15 July 1903.