Surgeon Thirza Smith blazed a trail for female doctors 0 06 Sep 2017 23:36 The Globe and Mail: World Cup Matriarch. Surgeon. Friend. Convivial host. Born Jan. 20, 1949, in Melville, Sask.; died Feb. 27, 2017, in Saskatoon, of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; aged 68