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.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, December
25, 1994, No. 52, Vol. LXII
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