The Lister West School District in the Rural Municipality of DeSalaberry was organized formally in June 1942, from the division of the former Lister School District into east and west portions. The former school building at this location continued to operate. The school closed in June 1967 and students from this area were bused to Grunthal. The area became part of the Hanover School Division. The schoolhouse and property were sold for $300 to a group of local residents.
Among the teachers who worked at Lister West School through the years were: George Hildebrandt (?-?), Henry P. Friesen (?-?), Margaret Penner (?-?), P. J. Unrau (?-?), Dietrich Penner (?-?), Werner Wiebe (Fall 1949 - Spring 1950), Peter Sawatsky (Fall 1950 - Spring 1953), Wilmer Penner (Fall 1953 - Spring 1954), Susanna Guenther (Fall 1954 - Spring 1955), Peter George Kehler (Fall 1955 - Spring 1956), Laverna Enns (Fall 1956 - Spring 1957), Edward George “Eddy/Eddie” Dyck (Fall 1957 - Spring 1959), Elden Funk (Fall 1959 - Spring 1960), John Driedger (Fall 1960 - Spring 1961), Gerhard Solomon Rempel (Fall 1961 - Spring 1962), Peter Marten Krahn (Fall 1962 - Spring 1963), and David S. “Dave” Wiebe (Fall 1963 - Spring 1967).
Lister West School after its closure in 1967 (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656, Hanover School Division Collection #61, Series 2 - c1968 - Lister West School District #2302.
Site of the former Lister West School (April 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.32665, W96.85039
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lister East School No. 2223 (RM of DeSalaberry)
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division, 1878-1968 by John K. Schellenberg, Steinbach: The Board of the Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Lister West School District No. 2302 - Daily Registers, GR2073, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 October 2024
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