Educator.
Born at Winnipeg in 1953, son of John Garth Comack (1925-2000) and Lorraine Rose Heselwood (1927-2011), nephew of Hugh Comack, he was educated at Sisler High School and the University of Manitoba (BEd). He joined the teaching staff of the Winnipeg School Division and worked at Sisler High School, R. B. Russell School, and Kelvin High School. His first administrative appointment was as Vice Principal of Isaac Brock School (?-?) then he became the Principal at R. B. Russell High School (2002-2008).
In 2007, he received Canada’s Outstanding Principal Award. He later became Principal of the Adult Education Centre where he worked until his death (2008-2013). He was active in the Manitoba Teacher’s Society, Winnipeg Teachers’ Association, and Knox United Church (member of the Board and on Duval Foundation of the latter).
He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 20 July 2013, survived by a wife and two daughters.
“Knox United Church is scene of wedding,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 May 1949, page 19.
Obituary [John Garth Comack], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 2000.
Obituary [Lorraine Comack], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 2011.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 July 2013.
Obituary, Neil Bardal Funeral Home.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank Frances Kasper and Elizabeth Comack for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 February 2025
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