Businessman, municipal official.
Born at Sarto in 1912, he resided at Grunthal and operated Chornoboy’s Farm Equipment. He was Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Hanover (1947-1951), President of the Ukrainian People’s Home, and a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church. He married Luba “Lu” Nykyforuk (1921-2014, daughter of Stephen Nykyforuk) and had two sons. He died while on vacation in Texas, at Knapp Memorial Hospital in Weslaco, on 6 March 1975 and his body was returned to Manitoba for burial in the St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.
Birth [Lubka Nykyforuk] registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 March 1975, page 35.
Obituary, Steinbach Carillon, 12 March 1975, page 31.
St. Boniface estate files (ATG 0064A), #11768 Theodore Chornoboy, GR5705, Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary [Luba Chornoboy], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 2014, page B14.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 7 May 2023
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