Winnifred May Paskall was a

Missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

who came to India in 1946''Yearbook of Baptist Union of Western Canada'', Baptist Union of Western Canada, 1991, p.401.

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Canadian Baptist Ministries Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) or ''Ministères Baptistes Canadiens'' is a federation of four regional Baptist denominations in Canada. The federation is a member of the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarter is in Mississauga, Ontario. Hist ...

. Winnifred Paskall studied at the McMaster University from where she took a graduate degree in arts ( B.A.) in 1935. Winnifred came to India in 1946 and served in women's development ministries and also became Principal of the

Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women was founded in 1922 by the Canadian Baptist Mission (CBM). The school is in Tuni in Andhra Pradesh, India. Background Missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission were involved in sprea ...

Tuni Tuni is a city in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a second biggest city in kakinada district. It is a major commercial marketing center for more than 100 surrounding villages in the district. Tuni is a border p ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. One of the support groups for Winnifred Paskall included the First Baptist Church, Leamington which used to raise money for work in India.''The Baptist Cook Book: The Winnifred Paskall Mission Circle of the First Baptist Church'', Published by First Baptist Church, Leamington, Ontario, 1949.

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presented Paskall with a Service Pin''1978 Year Book of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec'', Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1978, pp.21, 303, 33

/ref> in recognition of her 34 years' of missionary service in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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