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John Edward Lysecki
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Educator.
Born at Brokenhead on 4 March 1905, he taught school in rural Manitoba and served as the Principal of Bowsman School (1930-1932), The Pas School (1932-1934), Sanford School (1934-1937), and Cartwright School (1937-1939). During the Second World War, he enlisted with Canadian military forces and served for six years, rising to the rank of Captain. Returning from military service, he taught at Earl Grey School (c1947-1956) and J. B. Mitchell School (1956-1969).
On 1 July 1933, he married Irene Margaret Green (1913-1997) at Bowsman by Rev. James Lionel “Jim” Fargey and they subsequently had two sons and a daughter. They had family cottages at Belair and Victoria Beach. He was active in the Sturgeon Creek United Church and was a Director of the Manitoba Teachers’ Credit Union. In 1970, he received a Centennial Medal from the Manitoba Historical Society for “his many years as a teacher and principal in Manitoba and his work in writing Practical Trigonometry for use in the Armed Forces.”
He died at the Grace Hospital on 28 November 1990.
Marriage registration [John Edward Lysecki, Irene Margaret Green], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Lysecki - Green,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 6 July 1933, page 1.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 Novembe 1990, page 63.
Obituary [Irene Margaret Lysecki Coates], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 1998, page 50.
We thank Burton Lysecki for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 July 2025
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