Educator.
Born at Eden on 12 June 1925, son of Frederick “Fred” Chorneyko (c1899-1980) and Edna Elizabeth Davis (1904-1969), he grew up locally, attended Eden School, and became an educator at the age of 17. His career included teaching near Kelwood (c1945), Tobarmore School (1946-1947), Bannatyne School (1947-1953), Assiniboine School (1955-1956), and elsewhere within St. James and Winnipeg. In 1958, he moved to Minnedosa where he worked as a teacher and Principal (1958-1967) at Minnedosa North School and as Supervising Principal (1967-1969) of Minnedosa North School and Minnedosa South School.
In 1969, he changed careers and embarked into the field of ceramics, opening K. B. Ceramics & Flowers and went on to be a judge at ceramic shows across the prairie provinces.
On 15 August 1951, he married fellow educator Bernice Maud Hawkins (1924-?) at Holy Trinity Anglican Church. They had two children. He died at the Minnedosa Hospital on 7 July 2002 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Birth registrations [Bernice Maud Hawkins, Keith Chorneyko], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1931 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
“District News [Eden]” Brandon Daily Sun, 16 March 1945, page 14.
“Engagement notices [Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hawkins ...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 July 1951, page 12.
Obituary [Edna Elizabeth Chorneyko], Brandon Sun, 9 December 1969, page 11.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 2002.
Riverside Cemetery [Neepawa] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 November 2025
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