Bertha Conton

Bertha Yvonne Conton

Bertha Yvonne Conton
Bertha Yvonne Conton
Born(1923-10-31)31 October 1923
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died1 May 2022(2022-05-01) (aged 98)
Freetown, Sierra Leone
OccupationEducationalist, principal, teacher, school proprietress
NationalityBritish Subject, Sierra Leonean
EducationSt. Joseph's Primary School, St. Joseph's Convent School,
SpouseWilliam Farquhar Conton
Children5
RelativesThomas Josiah Thompson (father), Raymond Sarif Easmon (brother), Amy Manto Bondfield Wellesley-Cole, née Hotobah-During (sister), Robert Wellesley-Cole (brother-in-law)

Bertha Yvonne Conton, GCOR (née Thompson; 31 October 1923 – 1 May 2022) was a Sierra Leone Creole educator who was the principal, founder, and proprietress of Leone Preparatory School.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Sierra Leone News: Leone Preparatory school accused of victimisation". Awoko. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ Aminata Maasaquoi (25 August 2015). "Sierra Leone News: Letter to the Editor". Awoko. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.