1998: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: We mourn their passing (12/27/98)

1998: THE YEAR IN REVIEW

We mourn their passing

During 1998 we mourned the passing of bishops and clergymen, scholars and artists, leading members of the community, and other prominent individuals. Among them were the following.

The Rev. Protopresbyter Volodymyr Bazylevsky, 94, longtime pastor of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in New York - December 22, 1977.
Zynoviy Sokoliuk, 72, prorector and dean of the Ukrainian Free University, and former officer of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) - Munich, Germany, January 2.
Valentina Pereyaslavec, 90, prima ballerina of major theaters of opera and ballet in Ukraine, choreographer, faculty member at the American Ballet Theatre School in New York, and coach and teacher to world-renowned dancers - Woodside, N.Y., January 4.
Maria Savchak, 78, former president of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, and member of the executive board of The Ukrainian Museum in New York, Ukrainian community activist who held various important positions at the Ukrainian National Association - Brooklyn, N.Y., January 8.
Dr. Rosalie Waskul-Kapustij, professor of history and Ukrainian community activist, former president of the Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor, instrumental in organizing the national Federation of Ukrainian American Business and Professional Organizations - Sterling Heights, Mich., January 14.
William Boytchuk, 75, Toronto city councilman and community activist - Hallandale, Fla., January 22.
Sister Mary Jerome Roman, 88, a Sister of the Order of St. Basil the Great, former educator and first president of Manor Junior College - Fox Chase Manor, Pa., January 27.
Bishop Paisiy, former bishop of South America and bishop emeritus of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. - Minneapolis, February 3.
Marie Halun Bloch, 88, former economist with the U.S. Department of Labor and award-winning author of books for children - Cambridge, Mass., February 7.
Dr. Zenovia Sochor Parry, 54, scholar and leading expert on Ukrainian politics; professor of government and international relations, Clark University; research associate at the Ukrainian Research Institute and the Davis Center for Russian Studies of Harvard University - Southborough, Mass., February 9.
Neonila Steckiw, 77, Ukrainian community activist in area of cultural affairs and director of the Ridna Shkola, the school of Ukrainian studies, in Buffalo - Sarasota, Fla., March 10.
Anne K. Dubas, 80, accountant and banker, and former Ukrainian National Association Advisor - Lanoka Harbor, N.J., March 26.
Kvitka (Kacey) Cisyk, 44, popular singer of Ukrainian folk songs and voice for commercial spots for leading U.S. products and institutions - New York, March 29.
Bishop Teodor Majkowycz, 66, the first bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wroclaw-Gdansk, Poland - May 9.
Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj, 80, social worker and community activist, honorary member of Ukrainian National Women's League of America - Riverside, Conn., May 9.
Dr. Bohdan Struminski, 68, Harvard-based scholar, specialist in Ukrainian, Polish and Old Slavic historical linguistics; editor and translator; scholarly consultant to the Hrushevsky Translation Project and translator of the third and seventh volumes of the "History of Ukraine-Rus' " - Arlington, Mass., June 23.
Claudia Olesnicki, 92, social worker and leading member of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America - St. Louis, Mo., July 2.
Dr. Oleksandra Kopach, 85, pioneer in Ukrainiain secondary school education in Canada, writer and scholar - Toronto, July 12.
Mykola Lebed, 88, top-level leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists of the inter-war and war period, and general secretary of the External Representation of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council - Pittsburgh, July 19.
Walter Klawsnik, past national commander of the Ukrainian American Veterans, and former president of Ukrainian National Association Branch 325 - Bayside, N.Y., July 24.
Nina Strokata, 72, microbiologist, noted activist of the Ukrainian human rights movement and a former Soviet political prisoner - Baltimore, August 2.
Jaroslaw Padoch, 89, lawyer and leading member of the Ukrainian American community who held top positions in the Plast scouting organization, the Ukrainian National Association and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. - New York, August 28.
The Rev. Petro Borys Tereshkovych Bilaniuk, 66, prominent Ukrainian Catholic theologian and clergyman, leading authority on the theology and history of the Eastern Christian Churches; professor at the department of theology and religious studies, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto - Toronto, September 8.
Dr. Bohdan R. Bociurkiw, 73, distinguished scholar, specialist in Soviet and post-Soviet politics, with a special interest in Soviet religious policy, particularly in Ukraine; author of "The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Soviet State (1939-1950)," published in 1996; professor of political science and founding director, Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, at Carleton University; and one of the founders of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies; member of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee in the Department of the Secretary of State (1973-1979) and consultant to several ministers of state for multiculturalism - Ottawa, October 1.
Bohdan T. Hnatiuk, 83, aeronautical engineer and consultant, professor emeritus at Drexel University, auditor of the Ukrainian National Association and honorary member of the UNA General Assembly - Merion Park, Pa., November 28.
Irene Czajkowskyj, 81, honorary member of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, active member of the Plast scouting organization, in western Ukraine (Vykhovna Spilka Ukrainskoyi Molodi) and subsequently in the U.S., member of the Ti Scho Hrebli Rvut Plast Sorority - Clifton, N.J., December 6.

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