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Memorable Manitobans: William Harry “Bill” Kozyra (1929-2021)

Educator, insurance agent, municipal official.

Born on the family farm at Brokenhead on 17 December 1929, son of Harry Gregory Kozyra (1898-1990) and Katherine Patricia Kryschuk (1911-1981), he taught at White Poplar School (1948-1952) and St. Ouens School (1952-1955) before joining Reimer Agencies in 1952 and purchasing the business in 1967. He sold it in 1985 to devote his time to serving on boards and organization, as Reeve for the RM of Brokenhead, the Lions Club, and a trustee for the Sunrise School Division. He died on 25 March 2021, survived by a wife and two children.

Sources:

Obituary [Katherine Patricia Kozyra], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 May 1981, page 83.

Obituary [Harry Gregory Kozyra], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 August 1990, page 47.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 2021.

Obituary, Sobering Funeral Chapel.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 December 2021

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