Educator.
Born at Brooklands on 21 November 1922, eldest son of Wasyl Tataryn (1892-1970) and Frances Bartmanovich (1903-1991), the family lived for a few years at Detroit, Michigan then in 1929 returned to Manitoba to farm south of Winnipeg. After graduation from the St. Norbert High School in 1941, he taught on permit at Meadow Portage School then attended the Central Normal School and graduated in 1943. He taught at Queen Elizabeth School in Howden (1943-1944) then was conscripted into the Canadian Army and served as a gunner from 1944 to 1946.
He returned from military service and was the Principal at Steep Rock School (1946-1948). He then enrolled at the University of Manitoba and received BSc (1952) and BEd (1957) degrees. He was the Principal of Belmont School (1952-1953) and Pine Falls School (1958-1962), and also taught at Neepawa, Prince George (British Columbia), Dauphin, and Winnipeg. He served as Superintendent for a time then returned to teaching prior to retirement in 1985.
In 1950, he married nurse Sophia Capiak (1925-2013) and they had seven children.
He died at Winnipeg on 26 October 2014 and was buried in the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Wasyl Tataryn, Franka Bartmanovich], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Michail Tataryn], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Frances Tataryn], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 October 1991, page 47.
Obituary [Sophia Tataryn], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 March 2013.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 November 2014.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Frances Kasper, Nathan Kramer, and Andrew Tataryn for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 April 2024
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