1981: an overview: Deaths (12/27/81)

1981: an overview

Deaths

During 1981 a number of prominent Ukrainians passed away.

Mother Marie Dolzycka OSBM, 92, who devoted her life to the worldwide advancement of Ukrainian education and service to the Ukrainian Catholic Church - March 2;

Archbishop Nicholas, 78, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada - March 30;

Archbishop Orest Iwaniuk, 81, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Western Europe - April 14;

Vasile Avramenko, 86, dance master and choreographer, recognized as the "Father of Ukrainian Dance in North America" - May 6;

Taras (Bulba) Borovets, 73, commander and founder of the Polissian Sich, the first Ukrainian nationalist guerrilla unit of World War II - May 15;

John W. Evanchuk, 75, honorary member of the UNA Supreme Assembly, four-time supreme auditor, community activist - May 29;

Walter Didyk, 77, honorary member of the UNA Supreme Assembly, six-time supreme advisor, community activist - July 3;

Katherine Peleshok, 81, community activist known as the "Good Samaritan of Ukrainian Refugees" - July 20;

Lesia Lysak-Tywoniuk, 54, author and journalist - August 8;

Ulana Celewych-Steciuk, activist in women's organizations, including the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations and the Women's Association for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine - August 18;

Prof. Panas Fedenko, 87, political activist, historian and publicist member of the Central Rada, one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labor Party - September 10;

Archbishop Gabriel Bukatko, 67, head of the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia, the first non-Yugoslavian named archbishop of Belgrade and the first Eastern-rite head of the country's Catholic Church - October 18;

John Panchuk, 77, community and civic activist, benefactor of Ukrainian scholarship - November 4.

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