Educator.
Born on a farm at Cowan in 1933, son of Valentine Kovachik (1904-1994) and Mary Lacuska (1907-1963), he attended the Provincial Normal School and the University of Manitoba, the latter from which he earned BA, BEd, and MEd degrees. He worked as an educator for 39 years, including as a teacher at St. Charles School (1957-1958), Vice-Principal of Munroe Junior High School (1969-1972) and Principal of McLeod School (1972-1973), Lord Wolseley School (1973-1983), Prince Edward School (1983-1987), and Salisbury Morse Place School (1987-1992), after which he retired.
He and his wife Lorraine Murray were married around 1959. The couple had three sons. He was a two-term President of the East Kildonan Kiwanis Club as well as a director of Key Club Builders Club, Kids Club, a founder of the River East School Division Science Fair, a member of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, and served in various executive capacities with the River East Teachers’ Association. Pastimes included curling, golf, hockey, traveling, and cottage life at a Grand Beach property.
He died at Winnipeg on 24 October 2005.
Obituary [Mary Kovachik], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 December 1963, page 27.
“Births,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1964, page 14.
Obituary [Valentine Kovachik], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 July 1994, page 23.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 2005 page 23.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 17 March 2025
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