Obituary

Olga Petrinczyk, Weekly typesetter

BAYONNE, N.J. - Olga Petrinczyk, a Bayonne Ukrainian community activist and typesetter for The Ukrainian Weekly, died Friday, December 19, at Deborah Hospital in Browns Mill, N.J., several days after undergoing heart surgery. She was 32.

Miss Petrinczyk was born in Korbach, West Germany, and, after emigrating to the United States with her parents, resided in Bayonne.

Among the organizations of which she was a member were the Rosary Society of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bayonne and UNA Branch 281. Her love of Ukrainian culture led Miss Petrinczyk to take up the study of Ukrainian arts and crafts at the Ukrainian Community Center in Jersey City, N.J.

Miss Petrinczyk worked at The Weekly since April 1976, when preparations were being made for the newspaper to begin publication in an expanded 16-page tabloid format. Miss Petrinczyk's enthusiasm and dedication to The Weekly made her an extremely valuable member of the staff.

The funeral was held Tuesday, December 23, at the Assumption Church and interment was at the Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, N.J. In accordance with her wishes, Miss Petrinczyk was buried in a traditional Ukrainian costume.

Surviving are parents Wasyl and Justyna, brother John and his wife Regina.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, December 28, 1980, No. 31, Vol. LXXXVII

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