OBITUARY: Dr. Roksolyana Fokshey, 45, dentist and active parishioner (12/04/05)

OBITUARY: Dr. Roksolyana Fokshey, 45, dentist and active parishioner

SPARTA, N.J. - Dr. Roksolyana Fokshey, a dentist and active Ukrainian community member, died on Friday, November 25, at her home in Sparta, N.J. She was 45.

She was born in Lviv on September 16, 1960. She graduated from high school in 1978 and was selected to attend the prestigious University of Medicine in Lviv. She graduated with high honors and after a year of residency received her medical license in dentistry in 1984.

From 1984 to 1986 Dr. Fokshey practiced general dentistry and then was invited back to the university to become a research scientist and professor of general dentistry. From 1986 to 1991 she taught university students from all over the world, including Africa, Europe and the Middle East. In addition to her native Ukrainian, she was fluent in French, English, Russian, Latin, Spanish and Polish.

Dr. Fokshey came to the United States in 1991 and graduated from New York University in 1996, completing studies of dentistry.

She practiced dentistry in Hamburg, N.J., starting in 1996 and became associated with Gentle Dentistry in Sparta in 1997, where she worked until her death.

She was a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., where she was an active member of the parish's Ways and Means Committee.

Surviving are her husband, Roman; children, Adriana and Svitozar; parents, Lidiya and Yaroslav Dutkevych; and sister, Zoriana Pihovich.

A funeral liturgy was offered on November 29 at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany. A parastas had been offered on the evening of November 28 at the Goble Funeral Home in Sparta.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Dr. Fokshey's memory to either St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Building Fund, 7 S. Jefferson Road, Whippany, N.J. 07981 or to the American Cancer Society.

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