Educator, cleric.
Born on the family farm near Fraserwood on 18 December 1927, son of Alex Melnyk (?-?) and Magda Melnyk (1897-1979), he attended high school at Teulon, later attending the Teachers’ College in Winnipeg and graduating with BA (1965) and BEd (1967) degrees from the University of Manitoba.
He was a rural school teacher, including at Lilac School (1952-1954), before joining the East Kildonan School District (later River East School Division), as a teacher at Melrose Junior High School (1954-1955, 1956-1957), Vice-Principal of Salisbury School (1957-1958), Munroe Junior High School (1958-1961), and Lord Wolseley School (1955-1956), and was Principal of Lord Wolseley School (1964-1969), Princess Margaret School (1969-1976), and John DeGraff School (Principal, 1977-1989), retiring after 42 years of service.
On 12 June 1954, he married Sonia F. Diachun (1934-2022) and they had a son and a daughter. Ordained a Greek Orthodox priest, he served at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Ivan Suchavsky, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, St. Michael's Church, Garden South Church, and Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church, and at Regina (Saskatchewan), and Thunder Bay (Ontario).
He died at Winnipeg on 7 February 2022.
Obituary [Sonia F. Melnyk], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 January 2022.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 February 2022.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 February 2025
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