Educator.
Born at Sebringville, Ontario on 1 August 1904, son of John Wesley Mark and Katie Ellen Hodgins (1873-1946), at an early age he moved with his family to rural Manitoba and graduated from the University of Manitoba (BA, 1938). He taught at Dundas School (1928-1929), Transcona School (1929-1937), and high school grades at Fort Whyte School (1937-1940) prior to joining the Winnipeg School Division in 1940, where he worked at General Wolfe School (1940-1942).
During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as an Education Officer (1942-1945), and following his military discharge, returned to his career as a teacher (1945-1954) and Vice-Principal (1954-1957) at Isaac Newton High School then Vice-Principal (1957-1968) and Principal (1968-1969) of Sisler High School. He retired in 1969, and the next year was awarded the Centennial Medal (1970) by the Manitoba Historical Society for his work with youth, as an educator in the city’s North End, and managerial involvement with the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra.
On 17 August 1940, he married Alice Stewart (?-?) at Winnipeg and they had six children. He was a Masonic Past Master (Northern Light Lodge No. 10), an executive member of the Schoolmasters Club, and an Elder of Knox United Church.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 10 August 1984 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Ontario birth registration, Ancestry.
“University,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 1938, page 7.
Marriage registration [Gordon Edward Mark, Alice Stewart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 1984, page 35.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 24 September 2023
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