Educator.
Born at Basswood on 13 June 1925, son of Peter Sulymka (1878-1961) and Anna “Annie” Bilan [Belan] (1889-1984), he lived at 34-16-19W (1926) in the Rural Municipality of Harrison and grew up at Newdale. Following teacher training, he taught at Rossburn School (1948-1950), Baldur School (1950-1951, Principal), and Gladstone School (1951-1952) before joining the Winnipeg School Division. Within Winnipeg, he taught mathematics at Florence Nightingale School (1952-1954), Hugh John Macdonald School (1954-1960), Winnipeg Technical Vocational High School (1961-1969), and Churchill High School (1969-1981) before retiring in 1984. He served as the Choir Director and Cantor at the Holy Family Ukrainian Cathloic Church for 46 years and was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He married fellow teacher Irene Baraniuk (c1925-2020) and had four sons. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 22 November 2003 and was buried in the Garry Memorial Park.
Birth registrations [Harry Gregory Sulymka, Michael Sulymka, & John Sulymka ], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1926 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
Minnedosa estate file (ATG0064A), #6051 - Peter (Sr.) Sulymka, GR0359, Archives of Manitoba.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 25 November 2003, page B7.
Obituary [Irene Sulymka], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 2020.
Thompson In The Park Cemetery burial transcriptions, BillionGraves.
Sulymka family tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 25 February 2024
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