Memorable Manitobans: John Chalaturnyk (1915-2001)

Educator, school inspector.

Born at Gardenton on 5 September 1915, son of Emanuil and Elizabeth Chalaturnyk, brother of Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk, he worked in a mine at Flin Flon then taught at Rackham School (1938-1941) and Angus School (1941-1942). During the Second World War, he served in the Canadian Navy.

On his return from military service, he returned to teaching, at Waskada School (1946-1947), Angus School (1949-1950), Beausejour School (1950-1954), Manitou School (?-?), Hamiota School (1954-1956), McCreary School (?-?), Morden School (?-?), and Gimli School (?-?). He received the Coronation Medal in 1953. He was appointed a Manitoba School Inspector in 1957, based at McCreary. His nearly 40 years of teaching service concluded as Superintendent of Schools for the Evergreen School Division. In retirement, he helped to found the Retired Teachers’ Association of Manitoba and served as its President.

In 1948, he married Wanda Lucia Lechowicz (1924-2016) and they had four sons. He was a member of Rotary International and was President (1991-1992) of its Gimli Chapter.

He died on his 86th birthday, 5 September 2001.

Sources:

Birth registration [Wanda Lucia Lechowicz], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

A History of Sandy Lake and District, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.S32 His]

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 September 2001, page C12.

Obituary [Wanda Chalaturnyk], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 March 2016.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 December 2024

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