The following Memorable Manitobans died in 1989:
Frederick Gerard Allison (1904-1989)
Kristjan Theodore “Mayor Ted” Arnason (1918-1989)
Clare Lavere “Chuck” Atkins (1928-1989)
Percy Barsky (1921-1989)
Derek Robert Campbell Bedson (1921-1989)
Ellen Veronica Whelan Bickford (1903-1989)
Cecil Nathan Blankstein (1908-1989)
William George “Bill” Bolton (1908-1989)
Mary Bone (c1871-1989)
Harold Johnston Brodie (1907-1989)
John Brownlee “Jock” Brown (1895-1989)
William Edward “Buster” Brown (1900-1989)
Bessie Portigal Buchwald (1901-1989)
Esmond Unwin Butler (1922-1989)
Eva May Calder (1894-1989)
Ethel Emily Melita Groves Carson (1901-1989)
William Garfield “Garf” Chaloner (1904-1989)
Agnes Marie Christensen (1886-1989)
Amy Louise Clemons (c1906-1989)
James Nathaniel Connacher (1905-1989)
Gordon Debenham “Don” Dailley (1912-1989)
Gertrude Davis (?-1989)
Laurence Delbridge (1916-1989)
Sidney George Denham (1909-1989)
Mae Millicent Davidson Dobbyn (1907-1989)
Kenneth George Dowson (1946-1989)
Harold Joseph “Mike” Doyle (1930-1989)
David John Drummond (1911-1989)
Andrew Lloyd Dulmage (1917-1989)
Perry P. Dunn (1901-1989)
David Raymond “Ray” Falconer (1904-1989)
Betty Farrally (1915-1989)
George Bernard Flahiff (1905-1989)
Mary Lou Forbes (?-1989)
Peter Fox (1921-1989)
Harald Kristjan Mundi Goodmanson (?-1989)
John King Gordon (1900-1989)
Margaret Turnbull Gow (1901-1989)
Laura Marguerite Fisher Hammonds (1902-1989)
Lloyd Montgomery Hatch (1914-1989)
Elizabeth Haward (1888-1989)
George Nelson Hawn (1913-1989)
William George Heaman (1903-1989)
Alvin Corbett Heaney (1911-1989)
Allison Fulton James Heather (1905-1989)
Irene Heywood Hemsworth (1912-1989)
Shaun Herron (1912-1989)
John Steven Hirsch (1930-1989)
John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)
Isabel Inkster (1895-1989)
Marjorie Elliot Jackson (1912-1989)
Edith Deacon Jamieson (1900-1989)
Henny Jurriens (1949-1989)
Clarence Irving Keith (1908-1989)
Gertrude Allison Kent (?-1989)
George Alfred Christian Knudson (1937-1989)
Eugene Hausknecht Lange (c1905-1989)
Gontrian Laviolette (1911-1989)
Irene Lubinsky (1905-1989)
Michael P. Lysack (?-1989)
Hanford James “Mac” MacDonald (1908-1989)
Sydney Ronald “Ron” McBryde (1941-1989)
Gertrude Florence McCance (1910-1989)
Alvin Daniel “Dan” McKenzie (1924-1989)
Howard Douglas “Doug” McRorie (1932-1989)
Harold J. Mobberley (c1912-1989)
Charles Kennedy Stewart “CKS” Moffatt (1907-1989)
John Leslie “Jack” Morrow (1896-1989)
Clarence Osborne “Curly” Motheral (1912-1989)
Matthew “Sophia” Nykoliuk (1914-1989)
Mary Adamowska Panaro (1902-1989)
Marie Florina Odile Payette [Sister Marie Florina of Sion] (1903-1989)
David Peregrine (1955-1989)
Ted Peterson (1901-1989)
Donald Malcolm Plummer (1926-1989)
Emma Garland Pratt (1884-1989)
Rufus Prince (1920-1989)
Roland Gustaf Quarnstrom (1914-1989)
Lawrence Abel Rathwell (1885-1989)
Steve Repa (1937-1989)
Robert Whitla “Bob” Richards (1909-1989)
Violet Labey Robertson (1901-1989)
Walter Earle Robertson (1898-1989)
Kathleen Josephine Vanstone “Kay” Russenholt (1908-1989)
Dorothy Emily Ryan (1903-1989)
Mitchell John “Mitch” Sago (1914-1989)
Daniel James “Sam” Samborski (1922-1989)
Archer James Wimble Scrase (1911-1989)
Thomas Henry Seens (1895-1989)
Kanhaya Singh (1909-1989)
Eugene Slipetz (1912-1989)
Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)
Franz Julius Solmundson (1907-1989)
Robert Isaac Soronow (1906-1989)
Rose Portigal Spivak (1904-1989)
William Samuel “Intrepid” Stephenson (1897-1989)
Ruth Heyes Struthers (1900-1989)
Ronald Frederick “Ron” Swaine (1907-1989)
Robert Warren “Uncle Bob” Swarts (1934-1989)
Yosh Tashiro (1920-1989)
Edith Irene Tennant (1898-1989)
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
Ethel Anna Sankey Tillenius (1913-1989)
Kenneth Calvin Timlick (1924-1989)
Bridget Daphne Tully (1901-1989)
Edith Stoodley Vallender (1891-1989)
Gordon Elliott Waddell (1911-1989)
Anton Bernard Weselak (1918-1989)
Eric Wild (1910-1989)
Richard Trimble “Dick” Willis (1944-1989)
James Edward “Jimmy” Wilson (1914-1989)
John Charles “Jack” Wilt (1920-1989)
Karl Fiset Wintemute (1903-1989)
Ignatius Joseph Zaborniak (1902-1989)
If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 1989, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here. Criteria for inclusion in the collection are given here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 May 2024
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