Educator.
Born on the family farm near Tyndall on 21 July 1932, one of five children of Katherine Obirek (1900-1983) and Frank Witoski (1894-1954), brother of Stanley Leonard “Stan” Witoski, he attended the Central Normal School then embarked on a 35-year teaching career.
He taught at Bannatyne School (1953-1956) and Deer Lodge Junior High School (1956-c1964). He was later a Principal in the St. James Assiniboia School Division, including service at St. Charles School (1967-1968), Hedges Junior High School (1968-1976), Ness Junior High School (1976-1981), and Sansome Junior High School (1981-1985), then Vice-Principal of John Taylor Collegiate (1986-1987).
In 1953, he married Joan Dunn (1934-2018) and they had four children.
He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 9 September 2014.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Frank Witoski], Springfield Leader, 9 November 1954, page 1.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 12 September 2014.
Obituary [Joan Witoski], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 2018.
We thank Frances Kasper, Nathan Kramer, and Lois Braun for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 September 2025
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