Educator, school inspector.
Born on 18 March 1925, son of Johann and Helena Neufeld, he graduated from the Mennonite Collegiate Institute and held BA and BEd degrees. His teaching career began in one-room schoolhouses. He served as Principal of Goodwill School (1950-1951) and Arnaud School (1951-1954), founding Principal of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate (1958-1965), and school inspector (1965-1985). He retired in 1991 as liaison of independent schools in Manitoba. He and wife Wanda Neufeld had four daughters. He died at Winnipeg on 26 June 2022 and was buried in the Green Acres Memorial Gardens.
Necessary Idealism: A History of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate by Janis Thiessen, Winnipeg: CMU Press, 2018, pages 193-194.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 2022.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 8 June 2025
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