1994: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: They are mourned by our community (12/25/94)

1994: THE YEAR IN REVIEW

They are mourned by our community

During 1994, the Ukrainian community mourned the passing of notable clergy, leaders and activists, artists, scholars, professionals and athletes, both in the diaspora and in Ukraine. Among them were the following:

The Rev. Vladimir Shewchuk, 76, builder of Canada's first Ukrainian Catholic shrine in Ottawa and former provincial superior of the Basilian Fathers in Canada - Ottawa, January 6.
Dr. Maria Kwitkowsky, 78, social worker and prominent community activist, former national president of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations - Detroit, January 21.
Dr. Wasyl Halich, 97, former professor of history at the University of Wisconsin - Superior, immigration historian and pioneer of studies on Ukrainians in the United States, author of "Ukrainians in the United States," (University of Chicago Press, 1937) and "History of Ukraine," (Yale University Press, 1941) - Superior, Wisc., April 3.
The Rev. Harry Boretsky, 50, successor to the Rev. Shewchuk as rector of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine - Ottawa, May 18.
Michael Podworniak, 85, author and editor of the Ukrainian Baptist publications in Canada Christian Herald and Doroha Pravdy - Winnipeg, June 1.
Walter Bacad, 80, Merrill Lynch account executive, founder and director of Ukraine Dancers of New York, and prominent cultural activist with the Ukrainian Youth League of North America and the Ukrainian Heritage Foundation - Jamaica, N.Y., June 12.
Mykhailo Osadchy, 58, journalist, poet and academician; former political dissident, founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and author of the book "Cataract" - Lviv, July 7.
George B. Yurchyshyn, 54, former senior vice-president of the Bank of Boston, advisor to the National Bank of Ukraine, and managing director of the venture capital Ukraine Fund, killed in a head-on collision near Boryspil International Airport - Kyyiv, July 8.
Bill Mosienko, 72, a hockey Hall of Famer; right winger with the Chicago Black Hawks, holder of the record for the fastest three goals in National Hockey League history - Winnipeg, July 9.
Mykhailo Chereshniovsky, 83, renowned sculptor, known for his neoclassical monumentalist style and woodcarvings, former president of the Ukrainian Artists' Association of America - New York, July 20.
The Rev. Marian Iwachiw, 35, former pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Detroit and associate pastor at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Chicago; actively involved in church, youth and Ukrainian civic organizations- Chicago, July 13.
Walt Chyzowych, 57, soccer player and coach; played with the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals and other U.S. and Canadian teams, member of the U.S. World Cup Team, former director of coaching at the United States Soccer Federation and head coach of the World Cup, Olympic, and Pan American Youth teams; former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness - Winston-Salem, N. C., September 2.
Zenon Kochanowsky, 91, owner and managing director of transport engineering firm, active in Ukrainian engineer organizations in western Ukraine, Poland and in the diaspora, co-founder of the Philadelphia branch of the Society of Ukrainian Engineers - Toronto, September 7.
Dr. Volodymyr Hordynsky, 79, award-winning clinical chemist, former co-editor of the Journal of the Ukrainian Medical Association and Advances in Clinical Chemistry, executive vice-president of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. - Livingston, N.J., October 1.
Emily Zaporozhetz, 80, dedicated community activist, known for her work of over 50 years in public service to the Ukrainian and American communities in Detroit through her affiliation with social agencies, the International Institute as well as Ukrainian and American civic and cultural organizations - Detroit, October 1.
The Very Rev. Bohdan Smyk, 82, longtime pastor of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Church and spiritual leader and chaplain of the Plast Ukrainian Youth Association - Utica, N.Y., October 12.
Metropolitan Ioann, 64, of Lutske and Volyn; played an instrumental role in the rebirth of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine; killed in a car accident in western Ukraine - Ivano-Puste, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, November 9.
Volodymyr Ivashko, 62, one-time head of the Communist Party of Ukraine and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Hamburg, Germany, November 13.
Zinaida Mykhailivna Grigorenko, nee Yehorova, 85, wife of the late Gen. Petro Grigorenko, a founding member of the Moscow and Kyyiv Helsinki monitoring groups - New York, December 11.

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