Educator.
Born at Cudworth, Saskatchewan on 1 May 1920, son of Peter Packota and Kathryn Dubyk, he was the Principal of Winnipegosis School (1945-1949), Balmoral School (1949-1950), Teulon School (1950-1951), and Gimli High School (1951-1954). He later moved to Winnipeg and then to Thunder Bay, Ontario where he served on the city council. He died at Vernon, British Columbia on 21 November 1994 and his cremains were placed in the All Saints Anglican Church Columbarium at Vernon.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Birth announcement [Kathryn Rhoda Packota], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 1955, page 12.
Death registration [John Peter Packota], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, The Morning Star, 23 November 1994, page 3.
Obituary [Leslie John Packota], The Chronicle Journal (Thunder Bay, Ontario), 31 May 2004.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 October 2022
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