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Memorable Manitobans: Nastia “Nita” Romanche [Romanczycz] (1910-1993)
Educator.
Born in Manitoba in 1910, daughter of Dmytro Romanczycz (?-?) and Eva Romanczycz (?-1956), sister of Marion Pepper, she grew up in a single-parent household, her father having separated from the family in 1920. She taught at Craig Siding School (1929-1930), Lundar School (Principal, 1933-1934) and Rossdale School (1934-1936) before teaching classes, sewing, and handwork at Victoria School (1939-1943, 1944-1946) at Selkirk. She moved to Winnipeg and joined the staff of the Winnipeg School Division, working at Florence Nightingale School (1946-1948), Luxton School (Elementary Department, 1949-1957), Principal Sparling School (Elementary Department, 1957-1959), and King Edward School (1959-1968). She and her husband had one son. She died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 26 October 1993 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery.
Sources:
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 October 1993, page 39.
Winnipeg Estate file #52719, Eva Romanczycz, Archives of Manitoba.
Winnipeg Estate file PR94-01-32573, Nita Romanche / Nastia Romanczycz, Archives of Manitoba.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 7 October 2020
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