Educator.
Born in the Rural Municipality of Tache on 25 October 1905, son of Gerhard Warkentin Reimer (1876-1948) and Karoline Kneller (1877-1914), he grew up at family homestead within Township 6 Range 6 East and lived at Steinbach (1921) where he completed his schooling. He attended teacher training, and began a career in education as a teacher at Greenland School (1922-1924), reportedly in the greater Altona area (c1920s), Gruenfeld School (1928-1942; Principal 1940-1942), Steinbach School / Steinbach Schools No. 1 & 3 (1942-1953), Steinbach Collegiate (1954-1961), and Steinbach Collegiate Institute (1961-1965). Despite formal retirement in July 1965, he returned to the classroom for several additional years as a teacher at Kornelsen Junior High School (1966-1971).
On 21 July 1929, he married Mary Quiring Friesen (1906-1976) in the Rural Municipality of Hanover and they had four children; Dr. Donald Hugh Reimer, Olivine Reimer (1930-2002, wife of Henry Froese Klassen), Louis E. Reimer, and Stuart W. Reimer. On 29 October 1977, he remarried to Hilda Lohrenz Quiring (1908-2007) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
He died at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon on 6 February 1980 and his body was returned to Manitoba for burial in the Steinbach Memorial Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Gustav Reimer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registrations [Gustav Reimer to Mary Friesen], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
1916, 1921, and 1931 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
“Gets M. D. Degree,” Steinbach Carillon, 26 May 1961, page 1.
“Teacher retires after 41 years,” Steinbach Carillon, 2 July 1965, page 4.
“Steinbach [Wedding bells are to ring ...],” Steinbach Carillon, 5 October 1977, page 2.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 1980, page 34.
Steinbach Memorial Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Memorial ID: 185368934, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 13 April 2026
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