Tuesday, May 10, 2011

School leader passes suddenly

It's a sad day for two school districts in Lancaster County.
Joseph Kurijaka, the chief financial officer of the Manheim Township School District and board member of the Hempfield School District, suddenly passed away last night at the age of 48.
He also served the Columbia School Disttrict.
Here is his biograhy from the Hempfield School District website:
Joe was elected to the Hempfield Board of School Directors in November 2009. Joe has been a resident of Hempfield School District for 37 years. He is currently employed by Manheim Township School District as their Chief Operating Officer and has been with Manheim Township for nearly 19 years.
Prior to working for Manheim Township, Joe worked for Columbia School District as their Business Manager and also worked for the PA Office of Auditor General where he performed audits of school districts. Joe is a graduate of Lancaster Catholic HS and Penn State where he earned a BS in Accounting.
Joe has been married for nearly 20 years to Lynn who is a graduate of Hempfield. They have two daughters, Kari and Kristin, who currently attend Hempfield schools.

Joe is honored to have the opportunity to serve and contribute to the Hempfield community in his role as a school board member.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

He also played C.B.A.A Baseball with the majors, "dodgers" Robert