OBITUARIES (10/12/97)

OBITUARIES

Apollinare Osadca, 81, architect of numerous Ukrainian churches

GLEN SPEY, N.Y. - Apollinare Osadca, noted architect and designer of many Ukrainian churches in the U.S., died here on September 26 at the age of 81.

Mr. Osadca was born November 12, 1916, in the village of Voloshchyna in the Pidhaitsi area of western Ukraine.

He studied at the Lviv Polytechnical Institute (1935-1941) and worked as an architect in Lviv and since 1950, in New York.

He designed many buildings, including several Ukrainian Catholic churches: St. George in New York City, the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Astoria, N.Y., St. Nicholas in Passaic, N.J., and St. Volodymyr in Glen Spey, N.Y., where he lived.

Jointly with Julian Yastremsky, Mr. Osadca designed the Ukrainian National Association building in Jersey City, N.J.

Mr. Osadca also designed the Ukrainian National Home and St. Joseph Roman Catholic Cathedral in Hartford, Conn., and the opera building and campus building at the University of Indiana in Bloomington.

Last October the ailing Mr. Osadca, accompanied by his wife, Tania, visited his native village to survey the construction of the Laying the Vestments of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, of which the Osadca family is benefactor.

Mr. Osadca was a member and former vice-president of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America and served as president of the Dumka Chorus in New York (1952-1958).

Funeral services were held at St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Church in Glen Spey, N.Y., followed by internment at the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Hamptonburg, N.Y., on October 1.

Mr. Osadca is survived by his wife, Tania; three daughters: Ivanka Motria, Tania Demchuk with her husband, Wolodymyr, and Christina Pauksis with her husband, Ivars; four grandchildren, Luba Demchuk, Tania Guy with her husband David, Iness Snider with her husband, Mike, and Alina Pauksis; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Natalia Bartkiw.

In lieu of flowers the Osadca family requests that donations be made for the completion of the Laying the Vestments of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Voloschyna, Ukraine, c/o Mrs. Tania Osadca, P.O. Box 223, Glen Spey, NY 12737.

George Weselowsky, Ogdensburg physician

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. - Dr. George Weselowsky died suddenly on September 1. A popular and highly respected physician, Dr. Weselowsky had an unusually large and successful practice.

Born in Vienna in 1945, he emigrated with his family to Canada. They eventually settled in Montreal where the deceased's father, Bohdan, a well-known composer of numerous Ukrainian melodies, served as chief of the Ukrainian section of Radio Canada International.

Dr. Weselowsky's maternal grandparents were Mykola Zalizniak, a diplomat of the Ukrainian National Republic in Finland in 1918, and Olena Zalizniak, a pioneer of the women's movement in Galicia.

During his youth, Dr. Weselowsky was active in Plast in Montreal, where he helped organize ski camps. He was a member of the Burlaky fraternity of Plast.

He completed his medical studies at McGill University and the University of Alberta, and practiced medicine in Ontario, Texas and Tennessee before moving to New York in 1991. In the words of his colleagues, "a rural area like Ogdensburg was fortunate to attract and retain such a great doctor as he was." Among his friends, Dr. Weselowsky was known for his compassion, originality and unique sense of humor.

He is survived by his wife, Irene nee Hluchovecky; three daughters, Christine, Alexandra and Natalia; his mother, Olena; and brother, Ostap.

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