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Ainsworth Hot Springs pioneer dies

A woman who did a lot to preserve the history of Ainsworth Hot Springs has died.

Mavis Stainer was 94. Her father J.B. Fletcher ran the store there for decades.

Friend Barb Neelands says it was Stainer’s idea to turn it into a museum in the 1980s.

Stainer also looked after the historic Ainsworth cemetery.

Her service will be held there Sept. 24.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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