OBITUARIES: Yaroslaw Haywas, 93, participant of Ukrainian nationalist movement (07/04/04)

OBITUARIES

Yaroslaw Haywas, 93, participant of Ukrainian nationalist movement

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Yaroslaw Haywas, an active participant in the Ukrainian nationalist movement since his youth, died in the Hunter, N.Y., area on June 14. He was 93.

Born on January 8, 1912, in Sosnivka, Zolochiv county, in western Ukraine, he was active in the executive of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in 1937-1939 and was a leading OUN member at the time of the German occupation of Ukraine. Due to his political activity in the Ukrainian liberation struggle, he was often jailed by the occupiers of Ukraine.

As a result of World War II Mr. Haywas left Ukraine for Germany in 1945 and in 1950 emigrated to the United States. He was known as a political analyst whose writings were published in numerous newspapers and periodicals throughout the world, including Svoboda.

In March 1980 he joined the Svoboda editorial staff and worked at the daily newspaper for two years full-time. Afterwards he continued to write political analyses and commentaries that were published on the newspaper's editorial page.

Mr. Haywas is also the author of two books of memoirs, "Koly Kinchayetsia Epokha" (On the Threshold of a New Era, 1964) and "Volia Tsiny Ne Maye" (Freedom Has No Price, 1972).

He served on the national executive of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and was particularly active in its actions aimed at helping Ukraine.

Of late, Mr. Haywas resided in Warm Mineral Springs, Fla.; he died at the home of his daughter in upstate New York.

Surviving are his daughter, Kvitka Bushnell, and son, Askold Haywas, with their families.

The funeral liturgy was offered at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hunter, N.Y. Burial followed at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J., where Mr. Haywas's wife, who predeceased him, had been laid to rest.

The family has requested that memorial donations be made to Plast in Ukraine and sent to Dr. George Slusarczuk, 67 Bayberry Drive, Monroe, NY 10950.

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