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Memorable Manitobans: William Nowosad (1931-2001)
Educator.
Born at the family farmstead in what is now the Municipality of Roblin on 9 May 1931, son of Harry Nowosad (?-1968) and Anna Bogusky (?-1944), he attended Merridale School and Roblin High School followed by teacher training. At the age of 16, he began a 30-year teaching career, including service as Principal of Sifton School (1956-1957), Tarno School (1958), and Rorketon School (1966-1967), and teaching at Roblin Collegiate (1962-1963), Gimli Composite High School (1964), Fisher Branch Collegiate (1964-1966), and Ashern High School (1967-1968). He died at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on 9 May 2001 and was buried in the Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cemetery at Merridale.
Sources:
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Local and social [Mr. William Nowosad of the Roblin Collegiate staff],” Roblin Review, 7 February 1963, page 1.
Obituary, Grandview Exponent, 22 May 2001, page 17.
Dauphin estate files (ATG 0064A), PR01-05-00068 William Nowosaw, GR11093, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 January 2023
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