Former UNA officer Walter Sochan dies (05/27/01)

Former UNA officer Walter Sochan dies

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - News reached the Ukrainian National Association's Corporate Headquarters here that Walter (Wolodymyr) Sochan, longtime supreme secretary of the UNA, died on Wednesday, May 23, at St. Michael's Hospital in Newark, N.J. He was 77.

Mr. Sochan had been hospitalized since a heart attack on May 13.

Surviving are his wife, Neonila; daughter, Romana Hadzewycz, with her husband, Andrew, and sons, Markian and Paul; son, Taras Yuri; and brothers, Oleh and Ihor, with their families.

The UNA Executive Committee noted that the entire UNA family grieves at the unexpected loss of this dedicated UNA'er, an honorary member of the UNA General Assembly, and tireless community activist.

Requiem services were offered on Thursday and Friday evenings, May 24-25, at the McLaughlin Funeral Home in Jersey City. The funeral liturgy was scheduled for Saturday, May 26, at 10 a.m. at Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jersey City, N.J., with burial to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in nearby North Arlington.

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