Historic Sites of Manitoba: Osterwick School No. 2140 (Osterwick, RM of Stanley)

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The Osterwick School District was organized in September 1925 and a school operated at Osterwick in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. The district was later dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Stanley School Division (later the Garden Valley School Division No. 26)

Principals

Period	Principal
1933-1938	David Jacob Reimer
1938-1939	John Herbert Krieger
1939-1942	Frank Peter Giesbrecht
1942-1946	Tina Elma Goertzen
1946-1948	Annie Enns
1948-1949	Albert Dyck
1949-1950	William Esau? [Esaw?]
1950-1955	Albert Dyck
1955	Edwin Friesen
1955-1956	Grace Wieler
1956-1958	William Braun
1958-1960	Alan John Janzen
1960-1963	Margaret E. Derksen
1963-1964	Henry P. Unger
1964-1967	David Kenneth Doell
1967-1968	Ameerudin S. Khan
1968-1969	Edwin Glenn Enns
1969-1977	Wilfred Boyd Brown
1977-1979	Ronald Reimer Friesen
1979-1981	William “Bill” Kehler

Teachers

Among the early teachers at Osterwick School were Henry John Epp (Fall 1925 - Spring 1926), Isaac I. Dyck (Fall 1926 - Spring 1927), Jacob H. Janzen (Fall 1927 - Spring 1928 & night school), Harry H. Rempel (Fall 1928 - Spring 1930), Henry P. Giesbrecht (Fall 1930 - Spring 1931), and David Jacob Reimer (Fall 1931 - Spring 1933)

Period	Teachers
1933-1934	Mrs. A. Derksen (grades 1-2, September-November), Helene Loewen (grades 1-2, November-June), David Jacob Reimer (grades 3-8)
1934-1935	Anna Janzen (grades 1-3), David Jacob Reimer (grades 4-9)
1935-1936	Elma Brown (grades 1-3), David Jacob Reimer (grades 4-9)
1936-1937	Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), David Jacob Reimer (grades 1-8, September-February; grades 4-9, February-June)
1937-1938	Margaret F. Friesen (grades 1-3), David Jacob Reimer (grades 4-9)
1938-1939	Justeen Klassen (grades 1-3, August-April; grades 1-4, April-June), John Herbert Krieger (grades 4-8)
1939-1940	Frank Peter Giesbrecht (grades 4-9), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1940-1941	Frank Peter Giesbrecht (grades 4-10), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1941-1942	Frank Peter Giesbrecht (grades 4-7), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1942-1943	Tina Elma Goertzen (grades 4-9), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1943-1944	Tina Elma Goertzen (grades 4-9), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1944-1945	Tina Elma Goertzen (grades 4-10), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1945-1946	Tina Elma Goertzen (grades 4-9), Helen Warkentin (grades 1-3)
1946-1947	Annie Enns (grades 4-10), Mary Tiessen (grades 1-3)
1947-1948	Annie Enns (grades 4-9), Myrtle Siemens (grades 1-4, January-June), Verna Siemens (grades 1-4, August-December)
1948-1949	Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4), Albert Dyck (grades 5-8)
1949-1950	William Esau? [Esaw?] (grades 5-9), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1950-1951	Albert Dyck (grades 5-10), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1951-1952	Albert Dyck (grades 5-10), Tina Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1952-1953	Albert Dyck (grades 5-10), Tina Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1953-1954	Albert Dyck (grades 5-10), Tina Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1954-1955	Albert Dyck (grades 5-10), Kristina Penner (grades 1-4)
1955-1956	Edwin Friesen (grades 5-10, August-September), Katherine Elaine Klassen (grades 1-4), Grace Wieler (grades 5-10, September-June)
1956-1957	William Braun (grades 5-9), Katherine Elaine Klassen (grades 1-4)
1957-1958	William Braun (grades 4-10), Katherine Elaine Klassen (grades 1-3)
1958-1959	Alan John Janzen (grades 4-10), Loretta Anne Janzen (grades 1-3)
1959-1960	Alan John Janzen (grades 4-10), Loretta Anne Janzen (grades 1-3)
1960-1961	Margaret E. Derksen (grades 1-4), Marvin Roy Derksen (grades 5-9)
1961-1962	Margaret E. Derksen (grades 1-4), Marvin Roy Derksen (grades 5-10)
1962-1963	Marvin Roy Derksen (grades 5-10), Tina Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1963-1964	Tina Thiessen (grades 1-4), Henry P. Unger (grades 5-9)
1964-1965	David Kenneth Doell (grades 5-8), Anne Goertzen (grades 1-4)
1965-1966	David Kenneth Doell (grades 5-8), Anne Goertzen (grades 1-4)
1966-1967	David Kenneth Doell (grades 5-8), Anne “Annie” Dyck (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Anne “Annie” Dyck (grades 1-4), Ameerudin S. Khan (grades 5-8)
1968-1969	Edwin Glenn Enns (grades 5-8), Carolynn Plett (grades 1-4)
1969-1970	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Helen Mae Clark (grades 1-4)
1970-1971	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Ingrid Wilda Neufeld (grades 1-4)
1971-1972	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Grace Anne Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1972-1973	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Grace Anne Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1973-1974	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Martha Ester Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1974-1975	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Mary Elias (grades 1-4)
1975-1976	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Waldina Ann Reimer (grades 1-4)
1976-1977	Wilfred Boyd Brown (grades 5-8), Waldina Ann Reimer (grades 1-4)
1977-1978	Ronald Reimer Friesen (grades 5-8), Waldina Ann Reimer (grades 1-4)
1978-1979	Ronald Reimer Friesen (grades 5-8), Linda Goertzen Hiebert (grades 1-4)
1979-1980	Linda Goertzen Hiebert (grades 1-4), William “Bill” Kehler (grades 5-8)
1980-1981	William “Bill” Kehler (grades 5-8), Elaine Rempel (grades 1-4)

Photos & Coordinates

The original Osterwick School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 102. The former (and second) Osterwick School building (November 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.08850, W97.99501 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Osterwick School No. 2140 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 October 2026

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