Educator.
Born on 20 September 1931, one of two sons of Dr. John Robert Monteith (1902-1964) and Florence Adeline (1906-1996) of Virden, he earned a BA degree (1960) from Colorado College. On 11 June 1955, he married Dorothy Marlene Murray (1935-2007) at the Carman United Church and they had two children. The newlyweds lived initially at Lloydminster, Alberta before returning to Manitoba by 1962.
He worked as an educator and taught at Rivers School (1962-1963) and Rivers Collegiate (1963-1967), and was Principal of Rivers Elementary School (1967-1969), Minnedosa Elementary School (1969-1971), and Tanner's Crossing School (1971-1974). In 1974, he joined the Winnipeg School Division and served as Principal of William Whyte School (1974-1979), Vice-Principal of Churchill High School (1979-1987), after which he served in a few temporary/acting Principal roles, including at Machray School (1988-1989).
He died at Selkirk on 31 March 2009.
Birth registration [John Robert Monteith], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Home in Alberta awaits just weds,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1955, page 18.
Obituary [John Robert Monteith], Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1964, page 22.
“John Monteith to leave for Minnedosa,” Rivers Gazette, 24 April 1969, page 1.
“No business in business,” Rivers Gazette, 17 September 1970, page 2.
“Recession keeps more students in city schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 April 1983, page 19.
“School chiefs named,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 1979, page 12.
“Principals shuffled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 1989, North Edition page 2.
Obituary [Marlene Monteith], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 January 2007.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 April 2009, page C15.
Obituary, Respectance.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 June 2025
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