Marie Warder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Warder

South African journalist, novelist and activist

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1927

Place of Birth: Ficksburg, Free State, South Africa

Date of Death: 20-Oct-2014

Profession: author, journalist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Marie Warder (born Marie van Zyl, 30 April 1927 – 20 October 2014) was a journalist, novelist and activist best known for her activities raising awareness about hemochromatosis.
Warder founded the Hemochromatosis Society of South Africa, and the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society (CHS), and was founder and long-time president of the International Association of Hemochromatosis Societies (IAHS), writing the detailing leaflets for them all, which meant that, at that stage, every publication of the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society carried the footnote: "Produced for the International Association of Haemochromatosis Societies." Any emerging or fledgling hemochromatosis society in other parts of the world was free to use her material, with due acknowledgement to the IAHS.
Later, Guy Fernau, founder of the Haemochromatosis Society in the United Kingdom, related how, before his own material could be prepared, he only needed to scan the Canadian pamphlet and change the spelling.