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), Ashern High School (1967-1968), and Whitemouth Collegiate (1969-1970). 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.
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.
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