Historic Sites of Manitoba: Blumenfeld School No. 2137 (Blumenfeld, RM of Stanley)

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The Blumenfeld School District was established in August 1925 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in Blumenfeld (SE20-1-4W) in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. Following a unanimous vote by local ratepayers in March 1928, a $3,000 debenture was issued to finance loaned funds for the construction and furnishing of a new schoolhouse. The district was later dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Stanley School Division (later the Garden Valley School Division No. 26).

Principals

Period	Principal
1951-1954	Frank F. Enns
1954-1957	Frank H. Zacharias
1957-1958	Ben Sawatzky
1958-1959	Frank W. Dyck
1959-1961	Henry W. Hildebrand
1961-1963	Theodore George “Ted” Klassen
1963-1967	John Ronald Zacharias
1967-1969	Henry Banman
1969-1970	Herman Ralph Friesen
1970-1971	Keith Allan Wiebe
1971-1973	Elden Funk
1973-1974	Herman Ralph Friesen
1974-1975	Lydia Reimer
1975-1976	Fred A. Peters
1976-1977	Geoffrey Neil Funk
1977-1979	John Hans Pankratz
1979-1981	Dave Goertzen II

Teachers

Among the teachers at Blumenfeld School were Carl Leo Pokrant (1940-1942) and Jacob Friesen (1942-1943).

Period	Teachers
1951-1952	Frank F. Enns (grades 4-8), Susann Enns (grades 1-3)
1952-1953	Frank F. Enns (grades 4-9), Susann Enns (grades 1-3)
1953-1954	Frank F. Enns (grades 4-10), Susann Enns (grades 1-3)
1954-1955	Peter I. Friesen (grades 1-4), Frank H. Zacharias (grades 5-8)
1955-1956	Ben Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Frank H. Zacharias (grades 5-9)
1956-1957	Ben Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Frank H. Zacharias (grades 5-10)
1957-1958	Magdalena Ens (grades 1-4), Ben Sawatzky (grades 4-10, August-April; grades 4-8, May-June)
1958-1959	Frank W. Dyck (grades 5-9), Eva Hildebrand (grades 1-4)
1959-1960	Eva Hildebrand (grades 1-4), Henry W. Hildebrand (grades 5-10)
1960-1961	Eva Hildebrand (grades 1-4), Henry W. Hildebrand (grades 5-10)
1961-1962	Theodore George “Ted” Klassen (grades 5-8), Mary Anne Schroeder (grades 1-4)
1962-1963	Theodore George “Ted” Klassen (grades 5-9), Mary Anne Schroeder (grades 1-4)
1963-1964	Mary Anne Schroeder (grades 1-4), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 5-9)
1964-1965	Elizabeth “Betty” Paetkau (grades 1-4), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 5-8)
1965-1966	Elizabeth “Betty” Paetkau (grades 1-4), John Ronald Zacharias (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	John Ronald Zacharias (grades 5-8), Karen Anne Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	Henry Banman (grades 5-8), Margaret Penner (grades 1-4)
1968-1969	Henry Banman (grades 5-8), Grace Anne Zacharias (gradses 1-4)
1969-1970	Herman Ralph Friesen (grades 5-8), Grace Anne Zacharias (gradses 1-4)
1970-1971	Mary Louise Peters (grades 1-4), Keith Allan Wiebe (grades 5-8)
1971-1972	Elden Funk (grades 5-8), Mary Louise Peters (grades 1-4)
1972-1973	Marie-Luise Fenske (grades 1-4), Elden Funk (grades 5-8)
1973-1974	Marie-Luise Fenske (grades 1-4), Herman Ralph Friesen (grades 5-8)
1974-1975	Lydia Reimer (grades 5-8), Shirley Anne Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1975-1976	Fred A. Peters (grades 5-8), Shirley Anne Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1976-1977	Shirley Anne Zacharias Fehr (grades 1-4), Geoffrey Neil Funk (grades 5-8)
1977-1978	Shirley Anne Zacharias Fehr (grades 1-2), Patricia Jane Nickel (grades 3-5), John Hans Pankratz (grades 6-8)
1978-1979	Shirley Anne Zacharias Fehr (grades 1-2), Irma Giesbrecht (grades 3-5), John Hans Pankratz (grades 6-8)
1979-1980	Shirley Anne Zacharias Fehr (grades 1-3), Dave Goertzen II (grades 6-8), Sharon Anne Stobbe (grades 4-5)
1980-1981	Dave Goertzen II (grades 6-8), Sheila Elizabeth Krahn (grades 1-3), Sharon Anne Stobbe Loeppky (grades 4-5)

Photos & Coordinates

Blumenfeld School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 101. Blumenfeld School (June 1968) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Blumenfeld 2. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.05101, W97.96550 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Altona West topographic map, 62H/4 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #22 School District of Blumenfeld, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

School Division borrowing files (MA 0038), Blumenfeld School District #2137, GR1798, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Blumenfeld School No. 2137 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Blumenfeld School No. 2137 - Minute Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Blumenfeld School No. 2137 - Cash Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

We thank Margaret Friesen for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 October 2026

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