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Athabasca Youth Talent Explosion

  • Ath 05.16
  • Corporate body
  • 1997 - 2003

Mrs. Evelyn McDonald and Mary Olson chaired the Athabasca Youth Talent Explosion committee, a subsidiary of Edmonton’s Klondike Days Exposition, where successful acts would be featured at Edmonton’s Klondike Days Exposition. Evelyn and Mary coordinated the local event, soliciting donations and participants, booked the event and created print materials.

Ross, Olga (Fotty)

  • Ath 06.07
  • Person
  • 1939 - present

Olga Ross Nee Fotty) was born in Wandering River, Aberta in 1934 and moved to Athabasca, Alberta with her family in 1939. She graduated from Edwin Parr High School. In 1970, got a job in admissions at the Athabasca Municipal Hospital where she was employed for 23 years.

Fodchuk, Annie (nee Kowalchuk)

  • Ath 06.24
  • Person
  • 1912 – 2004

Annie Fodchuk (nee Kowalchuk) was born in 1912 north of Athabasca, Alberta to Matiy, and Barbara Kowalchuk. She married Steve Fodchuk in 1940 and they homesteaded NW 26-66-21-W4. They had two children, Lesia (1941, later renamed Alice) and Orest, 1944. They retired from farming in 1965. Steve passed away in 1993 and Annie in 2004.

Johnson, Dr. Gregory

  • Ath 11.55
  • Person
  • 1955 - Present

Born in 1955 and raised on the West Coast of Canada, Dr. Gregory Johnson graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in History and International Relations and a master's degree in History in 1982. He then moved to Toronto and completed a Ph.D. at York University completed in 1989. He subsequently taught at the University of Victoria, Red Deer College and the University of Alberta before joining Athabasca University in 1999.

Although his primary field of study is 20th century Canadian Foreign Policy and International History, Dr. Johnson has produced work on aspects of local history, notably, Lac La Biche Chronicles, a history of Lac La Biche, Alberta, and Why Athabasca? A Brief History of the Origins of Athabasca Landing which was a Town of Athabasca centennial project in 2011. With Town of Athabasca archivist Marilyn Mol and designer Margaret Anderson, he revised the Athabasca Historical Walking Tour booklet in 2018.

As a long-time member of the Athabasca Heritage Society, Dr. Johnson has been involved with historical preservation, notably, the restoration of the West Athabasca School, a rural one-room school located in the Town of Athabasca, and the Athabasca CNR Train Station.

Hyde, Helen

  • Ath 13.17
  • Person
  • 1922 - 2000

Helen Lochhead Gibson was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1922. Her family immigrated to Carstairs, Alberta in 1929. After completing high school, Helen graduated from normal school with her teaching certificate and began teaching Bindloss, Alberta in 1943. Teaching in Atlee, Alberta in 1944, she met Cecil Hyde and they were married in 1945. They moved to Athabasca, Alberta in 1951. Helen was employed at Richard’s Lumber as bookkeeper off and on until she upgraded her education in 1968. She taught at Edwin Parr Composite School before retiring in 1987. Helen was a member of the order of the Royal Purple, Athabasca United Church choir, AUC hand bell ringers, Athabasca Public Library Board, Athabasca Players, Athabasca Scottish Country Dance Club and the Athabasca Curling Club where she received an honorary lifetime membership. Helen and Cecil had four children, David, Terry, Glenn and Doug (Lisa). They had seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Helen was predeceased by Cecil in 1985.

McLean, Della

  • Ath 15.24
  • Person
  • Present

Della McLean is an artist and resident of Athabasca County. Formerly a real estate agent, she converted one of her properties in the Town of Athabasca to the Red Roof Gallery where she facilitated local artists with solo and group shows from 2001 to 2016. She was inducted into the Order of Athabasca University in 2007 in recognition of her hard work and dedication to Athabasca University both as a member of Athabasca University Governing Council (the Board) and her continued support as a contributing artist to the University and the Athabasca community as a whole.

Athabasca Ukrainian Pioneer Celebration Committee

  • Ath 17.16
  • Corporate body
  • 1990 - 1996

The first meeting to plan the Ukrainian Pioneer Centennial Celebration (1981 - 1991) for the Athabasca area was held in the basement of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Athabasca on October 11, 1990. Those present were: Bill Chrusch, Walter Yowney, Annie Yowney, Dr. Peter Styblyk, Nick Evasiuk, Myron Husak, Adele Husak, Pearl Siminik, Nick Demko, Margaret Demko, Alex Krawec, Helen Krawec, Lionel Cherniwchen and Slawko Barody. The first organizational meeting minutes include the note that a special cairn commemorating the centennial would be erected somewhere on the Athabasca riverfront.

Munstermann, Roy

  • Ath 18.20
  • Person

Roy Munstermann, one of seven children born to Gerhard and Louis Munstermann, farmed with his family in the Rochester area in the 1940s and 1950s. His paternal grandparents were Fredeirch and Anna Munstermann.

Katherine Leah (Lewis) Galloway

  • Ath 18.21
  • Person
  • 1905 - 1974

Katherine Leah (Lewis) Galloway (1905 - 1974) was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia and came to Athabasca in 1911. She taught at Baptiste Lake and Grosmont Schools before her marriage to James Dean Galloway in 1928. She worked at the Athabasca Post Office from 1950 - 1972. Katherine and Dean had eight children.

Korbel, Tony

  • Ath 18.21
  • Person
  • 1944

Tony Korbel joined the RCAF in cicra 1944. After the war, he taught school in Athabasca, Alberta for the 1949-50 school year.

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