Educator.
Born on 12 April 1937, son of Michael Matiation (1893-1987) and Anna Matiation (1891-1956), he grew up at Oakburn, attended Oakburn School, and graduated from the Manitoba Teachers’ College (1955). His career including teaching at Oakburn School (?-?), at Portage la Prairie (?-?), at Metz in France (?-?), East Poplar Point School (?-?), and King George School (1958-1959). He was a teacher (1974-1975) and Principal (1975-1989) of Harold Edwards School at CFB Portage la Prairie. He retired in 1992 to Portage la Prairie and spent winters in Arizona. He was a member of the Portage Curling Club and a noted bagpiper. In 1970, he married schoolteacher Georgina Bernice Hill (1936-1995) but they had no children. He died at the Portage District General Hospital on 25 June 2007 and was buried in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
Obituary [Georgina Bernice Matiation], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 November 1995, page 28.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 June 2007.
The Portage Curling Club Incorporation Act, Government of Manitoba.
Breadalbane Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 June 2025
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