Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko
Lillian (Mrs. Alec Zotek) is the youngest of the Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko’s family. She grew up in the Low Level District where she attended school until she completed grade 9. After attending grade 10 in Bellis School for one year, she had to leave school to look after her ailing mother, but was still hoping to return to school. In 1939 when World War II erupted, she made that important decision to return to school and enrolled in Smoky Lake High School. She completed her High school in Vilna and Bellis, where she graduated in 1941 and in May of 1942 graduated from Edmonton Normal School as classroom teacher. That year she was assigned Dickiebush School where she did her practice teaching earlier that spring.
That year she met Alec Zotek who was then a member of the Smoky Lake Municipal Council. In June of 1944 they were married. Lillian’s next school was Lilyfield School, Alec’s home school and where he attended as a youth - the son of Jacob and Maria Zotek. Lillian taught here until the rural schools were centralized in 1954-55 to Vilna, where she was transferred. She taught in Vilna for the last twenty-five years, mainly in the Junior High. In 1972 she was awarded her Bachelor of Education Degree and before that enjoyed her summers by making Grade 9 Departmental Exams for seven years until 1969 and attending summer schools and evening classes with her colleagues to complete her four years of university studies.
Alex and Lillian have one daughter and one grandson, now living in Richmond, B.C. Alec has been engaged in hardware business (Central Hardware) and general insurance since they moved to Vilna in 1954, but he is still interested in civic and educational affairs since he became a school trustee of Lilyfield at the age of 21. Then he became a municipal councillor of Vilna Municipality for six years. Then the three municipalities of Unity (Radway), Smoky Lake and Vilna amalgamated into one which was named the Municipal District of Smoky Lake. It took two days of deliberations to settle on this name. Alec served for another six years on the new municipal council and was the first to introduce snow-ploughing the roads in his sub-division of the municipality and also the first councillor to build a high-grade and gravel road.
In 1954 he was elected to the Smoky Lake School Division as trustee, representing the Vilna area; then as representative of the Village of Vilna and also acted as chairmans of the School Board in 1957. With the former School Divisional Board and the present Smoky Lake Council Board of Education, Alec has served as representative for approximately twenty-five years.
On her retirement from teaching in 1978 after completing thirty-six years of teaching, Lillian has joined Alec in the store business where she enjoys serving the many good customers and meeting and serving her former students who are now parents - also the teacher colleagues of the Smoky Lake County #13 and acquaintances made during her thirty-six years of teaching in the Smoky Lake Division and County #13.
Our Legacy
History of Smoky Lake - 1983
Pioneers of the Low Level School District No. 4024
by Mrs. Lillian Zotek (nee Skoreyko)
Mrs. Lillian Zotek - Vilna is the youngest of the family of ten of Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko. She attended grades 1-9 at Low Level School No. 4024 and the first to receive a Bachelor of Education degree of the former students of the Low Level. Now retired from teaching in 1978 after 36 years of teaching school - mainly Junior High.
Bellis History
1897-1980
Contributor: Monica Nesbitt (50445026)
Lillian (Mrs. Alec Zotek) is the youngest of the Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko’s family. She grew up in the Low Level District where she attended school until she completed grade 9. After attending grade 10 in Bellis School for one year, she had to leave school to look after her ailing mother, but was still hoping to return to school. In 1939 when World War II erupted, she made that important decision to return to school and enrolled in Smoky Lake High School. She completed her High school in Vilna and Bellis, where she graduated in 1941 and in May of 1942 graduated from Edmonton Normal School as classroom teacher. That year she was assigned Dickiebush School where she did her practice teaching earlier that spring.
That year she met Alec Zotek who was then a member of the Smoky Lake Municipal Council. In June of 1944 they were married. Lillian’s next school was Lilyfield School, Alec’s home school and where he attended as a youth - the son of Jacob and Maria Zotek. Lillian taught here until the rural schools were centralized in 1954-55 to Vilna, where she was transferred. She taught in Vilna for the last twenty-five years, mainly in the Junior High. In 1972 she was awarded her Bachelor of Education Degree and before that enjoyed her summers by making Grade 9 Departmental Exams for seven years until 1969 and attending summer schools and evening classes with her colleagues to complete her four years of university studies.
Alex and Lillian have one daughter and one grandson, now living in Richmond, B.C. Alec has been engaged in hardware business (Central Hardware) and general insurance since they moved to Vilna in 1954, but he is still interested in civic and educational affairs since he became a school trustee of Lilyfield at the age of 21. Then he became a municipal councillor of Vilna Municipality for six years. Then the three municipalities of Unity (Radway), Smoky Lake and Vilna amalgamated into one which was named the Municipal District of Smoky Lake. It took two days of deliberations to settle on this name. Alec served for another six years on the new municipal council and was the first to introduce snow-ploughing the roads in his sub-division of the municipality and also the first councillor to build a high-grade and gravel road.
In 1954 he was elected to the Smoky Lake School Division as trustee, representing the Vilna area; then as representative of the Village of Vilna and also acted as chairmans of the School Board in 1957. With the former School Divisional Board and the present Smoky Lake Council Board of Education, Alec has served as representative for approximately twenty-five years.
On her retirement from teaching in 1978 after completing thirty-six years of teaching, Lillian has joined Alec in the store business where she enjoys serving the many good customers and meeting and serving her former students who are now parents - also the teacher colleagues of the Smoky Lake County #13 and acquaintances made during her thirty-six years of teaching in the Smoky Lake Division and County #13.
Our Legacy
History of Smoky Lake - 1983
Pioneers of the Low Level School District No. 4024
by Mrs. Lillian Zotek (nee Skoreyko)
Mrs. Lillian Zotek - Vilna is the youngest of the family of ten of Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko. She attended grades 1-9 at Low Level School No. 4024 and the first to receive a Bachelor of Education degree of the former students of the Low Level. Now retired from teaching in 1978 after 36 years of teaching school - mainly Junior High.
Bellis History
1897-1980
Contributor: Monica Nesbitt (50445026)
Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko
Lillian (Mrs. Alec Zotek) is the youngest of the Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko’s family. She grew up in the Low Level District where she attended school until she completed grade 9. After attending grade 10 in Bellis School for one year, she had to leave school to look after her ailing mother, but was still hoping to return to school. In 1939 when World War II erupted, she made that important decision to return to school and enrolled in Smoky Lake High School. She completed her High school in Vilna and Bellis, where she graduated in 1941 and in May of 1942 graduated from Edmonton Normal School as classroom teacher. That year she was assigned Dickiebush School where she did her practice teaching earlier that spring.
That year she met Alec Zotek who was then a member of the Smoky Lake Municipal Council. In June of 1944 they were married. Lillian’s next school was Lilyfield School, Alec’s home school and where he attended as a youth - the son of Jacob and Maria Zotek. Lillian taught here until the rural schools were centralized in 1954-55 to Vilna, where she was transferred. She taught in Vilna for the last twenty-five years, mainly in the Junior High. In 1972 she was awarded her Bachelor of Education Degree and before that enjoyed her summers by making Grade 9 Departmental Exams for seven years until 1969 and attending summer schools and evening classes with her colleagues to complete her four years of university studies.
Alex and Lillian have one daughter and one grandson, now living in Richmond, B.C. Alec has been engaged in hardware business (Central Hardware) and general insurance since they moved to Vilna in 1954, but he is still interested in civic and educational affairs since he became a school trustee of Lilyfield at the age of 21. Then he became a municipal councillor of Vilna Municipality for six years. Then the three municipalities of Unity (Radway), Smoky Lake and Vilna amalgamated into one which was named the Municipal District of Smoky Lake. It took two days of deliberations to settle on this name. Alec served for another six years on the new municipal council and was the first to introduce snow-ploughing the roads in his sub-division of the municipality and also the first councillor to build a high-grade and gravel road.
In 1954 he was elected to the Smoky Lake School Division as trustee, representing the Vilna area; then as representative of the Village of Vilna and also acted as chairmans of the School Board in 1957. With the former School Divisional Board and the present Smoky Lake Council Board of Education, Alec has served as representative for approximately twenty-five years.
On her retirement from teaching in 1978 after completing thirty-six years of teaching, Lillian has joined Alec in the store business where she enjoys serving the many good customers and meeting and serving her former students who are now parents - also the teacher colleagues of the Smoky Lake County #13 and acquaintances made during her thirty-six years of teaching in the Smoky Lake Division and County #13.
Our Legacy
History of Smoky Lake - 1983
Pioneers of the Low Level School District No. 4024
by Mrs. Lillian Zotek (nee Skoreyko)
Mrs. Lillian Zotek - Vilna is the youngest of the family of ten of Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko. She attended grades 1-9 at Low Level School No. 4024 and the first to receive a Bachelor of Education degree of the former students of the Low Level. Now retired from teaching in 1978 after 36 years of teaching school - mainly Junior High.
Bellis History
1897-1980
Contributor: Monica Nesbitt (50445026)
Lillian (Mrs. Alec Zotek) is the youngest of the Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko’s family. She grew up in the Low Level District where she attended school until she completed grade 9. After attending grade 10 in Bellis School for one year, she had to leave school to look after her ailing mother, but was still hoping to return to school. In 1939 when World War II erupted, she made that important decision to return to school and enrolled in Smoky Lake High School. She completed her High school in Vilna and Bellis, where she graduated in 1941 and in May of 1942 graduated from Edmonton Normal School as classroom teacher. That year she was assigned Dickiebush School where she did her practice teaching earlier that spring.
That year she met Alec Zotek who was then a member of the Smoky Lake Municipal Council. In June of 1944 they were married. Lillian’s next school was Lilyfield School, Alec’s home school and where he attended as a youth - the son of Jacob and Maria Zotek. Lillian taught here until the rural schools were centralized in 1954-55 to Vilna, where she was transferred. She taught in Vilna for the last twenty-five years, mainly in the Junior High. In 1972 she was awarded her Bachelor of Education Degree and before that enjoyed her summers by making Grade 9 Departmental Exams for seven years until 1969 and attending summer schools and evening classes with her colleagues to complete her four years of university studies.
Alex and Lillian have one daughter and one grandson, now living in Richmond, B.C. Alec has been engaged in hardware business (Central Hardware) and general insurance since they moved to Vilna in 1954, but he is still interested in civic and educational affairs since he became a school trustee of Lilyfield at the age of 21. Then he became a municipal councillor of Vilna Municipality for six years. Then the three municipalities of Unity (Radway), Smoky Lake and Vilna amalgamated into one which was named the Municipal District of Smoky Lake. It took two days of deliberations to settle on this name. Alec served for another six years on the new municipal council and was the first to introduce snow-ploughing the roads in his sub-division of the municipality and also the first councillor to build a high-grade and gravel road.
In 1954 he was elected to the Smoky Lake School Division as trustee, representing the Vilna area; then as representative of the Village of Vilna and also acted as chairmans of the School Board in 1957. With the former School Divisional Board and the present Smoky Lake Council Board of Education, Alec has served as representative for approximately twenty-five years.
On her retirement from teaching in 1978 after completing thirty-six years of teaching, Lillian has joined Alec in the store business where she enjoys serving the many good customers and meeting and serving her former students who are now parents - also the teacher colleagues of the Smoky Lake County #13 and acquaintances made during her thirty-six years of teaching in the Smoky Lake Division and County #13.
Our Legacy
History of Smoky Lake - 1983
Pioneers of the Low Level School District No. 4024
by Mrs. Lillian Zotek (nee Skoreyko)
Mrs. Lillian Zotek - Vilna is the youngest of the family of ten of Kurylo and Maria Skoreyko. She attended grades 1-9 at Low Level School No. 4024 and the first to receive a Bachelor of Education degree of the former students of the Low Level. Now retired from teaching in 1978 after 36 years of teaching school - mainly Junior High.
Bellis History
1897-1980
Contributor: Monica Nesbitt (50445026)
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