Bowler.
Born on 12 May 1927, his working life was as a typesetter at Wallingford Press. On 20 September 1952, he married Elsie Hrenchuk (?-2016) and they subsequently had three daughters.
An enthusiastic bowler, he was Secretary of the St. Joseph’s Mens League (1951-1988), President of the Winnipeg City Senior Ten Pin League (1957-1959), President of the Winnipeg Bowling Association (1961-1963), Secretary-Treasurer of the Manitoba Provincial Ten Pin Bowling Association (1964-1995), founding member of the Canadian Ten Pin Federation (1964), founding member of the Manitoba Provincial Ten Pin Bowling Association (1964), founding member of the Manitoba Bowling Federation (1970), founding member of the Manitoba Ten Pin Federation (1972), President of the Canadian Ten Pin Bowling Federation (1985-1992), founding member of the Manitoba Bowling Council (1987), and founding member of the Bowling Hall of Fame of Manitoba (1988).
In recognition of his community service, he received a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977) and was inducted into the Canadian Tenpin Federation Hall of Fame (1995) and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1995).
He died at Winnipeg on 9 November 2014.
“St. Joseph's setting for Trager-Hrenchuk double ring ceremony,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 1952, page 16.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 November 2014.
Obituary [Elsie Trager], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 2016.
We thank Frances Kasper for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 November 2025
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