Career
This article refers to Langtry, Roberta. Foreign other people, see Langtry (surname). Upon her death she bequeathed more than C$4.3-million (equivalent to £2 million / United States$38 million at then-current exchange rates) of her estate to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, a charity that buys environmentally sensitive land and turns it into nature reserves.
She had been a modest supporter of National Cadet Corps"s work since 1999.
While she was alive, she made a number of large, anonymous gifts to individuals she knew who were in need. Recipients would receive envelopes from an unknown benefactor in the amounts of $25,000 or $30,000.
Her friends and coworkers were unaware of her wealth. Langtry was born in Manitoba.
She began teaching around the age of 16.
Most of her 55 years as a teacher and speech therapist were with the East York Board of Education.