1982: a look back: Deaths (12/26/82)

1982: a look back

Deaths

In 1982, a number of prominent Ukrainians passed away. Among them were the following:

Vassyl Yemetz, 91, bandurist-virtuoso, music educator, bandurist chorus organizer, the "insuperable kobzar" - January 6;
Daria Emilia Stolarchuk, 76, author and journalist, who wrote under the pen name Daria Yaroslavska - January 13;
Victor Prychodko, 96, Ukrainian political activist and former minister of justice of the Directorate of the Ukrainian National Republic and assistant minister of finance of the Ukrainian National Republic-in-exile - February 6;
Dmytro Kuzyk, 75, editor for 14 years of the Ukrainian-language monthly Our Voice and editorial board member of various Ukrainian newspapers in Ukraine and Germany - February 13;
Nestor Chylak, 59, former American League umpire who worked five World Series, three American League championship series and four all-star games - February 17;
Constantine Warvariv, 57, high-ranking U.S. diplomat who served as director of UNESCO affairs at the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and also as U.S. delegate to UNESCO, as well as social officer in the office of Multilateral Policy and Plans, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the State Department - April 6;
Olenka Leskiw Savyckyj, 36, community activist who chaired the "Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds" conference organizing committee - April 26;
Roman Slobodian, 92, former long-time UNA supreme treasurer and honorary member of the UNA Supreme Assembly - May 20;
Wolodymyr Kirshak, poet, essayist, literary critic, who wrote under the pen name Wadym Lesytch - August 24;
Thomas Shepko, free-lance illustrator, designer and art director for leading New York art studios and advertising agencies - September 25;
Bishop Andrew Roborecki, 71, of the Saskatoon, Sask., Eparchy - October 23;
George Lopatynsky, 76, a former lieutenant colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and member of the board of directors of Prolog Research - November 16;
Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, 82, internationally known chemist who helped pioneer the atomic bomb and later advocated the banning of nuclear weapons - December 7.

Also in 1982, news about the deaths in late December 1981 of three prominent Ukrainians was reported:

Frank Mural, 87, Cleveland Ukrainian businessman who sponsored over 100 Ukrainian families who arrived in the United States after World War II - December 15, 1981;
Wasyl Werhun, 72, journalist and former editor of Narodna Volia, the newspaper of the Ukrainian Fraternal Association - December 25, 1981;
Petro Andrusiw, 75, artist and illustrator perhaps best known for his monumental murals of Ukrainian historic and religious scenes, including "Baptism of Ukraine-Rus'" - December 29, 1981.

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