Born in western Ukraine in 1904, he came to Canada in 1925 and arrived in Winnipeg. Within the year, he started the Senicki Construction Company and operated it for the next 50 years, building a mixture of commercial and residential buildings around Winnipeg and elsewhere in Manitoba. He was a founding and life member of the Winnipeg Home Builders Association and served as its President (1955). He retired in 1972.
He was married twice, first on 21 July 1934 to schoolteacher Leona Amelia Taciuk (1907-1964) with whom he had two sons: Walter “Sonny” Senicki (1936-2001) and Eugene Melvin Donald Senicki (1942-2025). The family lived initially at 261 Scotia Street but, after the 1950 Red River flood in which their two-storey home was flooded to a depth of six feet, they moved it to 318 McAdam Avenue. After his wife's death, he married Mary Mandziuk (?-1982).
He was a charter member of the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Winnipeg, Kiwanis Club of West Kildonan, Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre, Order of St. Andrew, and Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. He received a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1975).
He died at his Winnipeg home on 6 June 1994 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
287 Scotia Street, Winnipeg
1937
197 Scotia Street, Winnipeg
1939
Birth registration [Leona Amelia Taciuk], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Walter Senicki, Leona Taciuk], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Red River wins dispute,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 June 1950, page 15.
Obituary [Leona Senicki], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 1964, page 29.
Obituary [Mary Mandziuk-Senicki], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 July 1982, page 46.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 11 June 1994, page 53.
Obituary [Walter Senicki], Brandon Sun, 28 February 2001.
Obituary [Eugene Melvin Donald Senicki], Arbor Memorial.
We thank Kenneth Ingram for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 January 2026
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