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Joseph Denis Marcel Pelletier
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Educator.
Born at St. Boniface on 22 December 1922, son of ? Pelletier and Marie Edna Lavallee, he served for five years in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War, then returned to Winnipeg and received a BA degree from the University of Manitoba (1951).
He taught at Teulon Collegiate (1951-1952), after which a long teaching career in the Winnipeg School Division included service at Faraday School (1952-1953), King Edward School (1955-1957) and Principal Sparling School (1960-1962). He later served as Vice-Principal of Lord Roberts School (1964-1967), and Principal of Norquay School (1967-1970), King Edward School (1970-1973), Earl Grey School (1973-1975), and Kelvin High School (1975). He was then Assistant Superintendent of the Winnipeg School Division and Director of Special Programs before retiring in 1988.
On 1 July 1954, he married teacher Viola Mary Adam (1932-2017) at the St. Vital Roman Catholic Church and they had a son and a daughter.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 6 May 2012.
Birth registration [Joseph Denis Marcel Pelletier], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Marcel J. Pelletier takes bride, Viola Adam on trip to New York,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 July 1954, page 11.
Earl Grey 75th Anniversary Reunion Memory Book. [Earl Grey School]
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 2012, page 49.
Obituary [Viola Pelletier], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 2017.
We thank George Stewart for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 February 2025
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