Educator.
Born in Scolen, Poland on 2 December 1927, he came to Canada as an infant child in 1928. His career as an educator spanned 35 years, including as a teacher at Rackham School (1955-1956), Turriff School (1957-1958, Principal), Beulah School (1959-1961, Principal), and Rivers Elementary School (1961-1967). The final 17 years of his career were in the Assiniboine North School Division and St. James - Assiniboia School Division, including tenure as Principal of Kirkfield Park School (1967-1972) and Vice-Principal of Buchanan School (1973-1975) and Voyageur School (1976-1977). He and his wife Pauline had three sons: Joseph Paul Otchenash (died in infancy), Harold “Harry” Otchenash (1955-2019), and Howard Otchenash. He owned a hobby farm in Saskatchewan and enjoyed woodworking. Around 1998, he moved into Oakview Place at Winnipeg where he died on 21 April 2007.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), [Voyageur School], Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 April 2007, page C8.
Obituary [Harold “Harry” Otchenash], Beausejour Clipper, 15 August 2019, page 20.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 21 April 2025
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