David Wilfred Pekary (1926-2007)

Salesman, municipal official.

Born on 27 June 1926, he worked as a surveyor for Beaulieu Mines near Yellowknife, NWT where he lived for two years before moving to Winnipeg. There, he worked as a sales representative for Dominion Rubber-Uniroyal. He resided in North Kildonan for fifteen years during which he served as a Councillor and Mayor. He was the President of the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities from 1969 to 1970. He helped to establish the first community club in North Kildonan. He moved with his family to an acreage near Tyndall, Manitoba where they resided for fifteen years. He retired in 1986 and spent three years in Comox, BC, then returned to Manitoba to reside in St. Vital. He died there on 13 May 2007 after a lengthy illness.

Source:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 2007.

This profile was written by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 25 October 2009

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