Obituary

August 21, 1922 – June 2, 2019. Anna Maryn (Kuza), 96, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Church and community member, will be greatly missed by her husband of 67 years, Nicholas, 98, and their children, Luba (Paul), Sonia (Nestor) and Michael (Olya); her grandchildren, Timothy, Olenka (Gabriel), Natalia (Kalen), Lianna (Patrick), Nicholas, Michael and Matthew; great-grandchildren Audrey and Jamie, and  Kateryna; as well as extended family in Ukraine and community friends. Anna was born in the village of Velykyi Lazuchyn, Khmelnytsky Oblast, in Ukraine. Her family suffered Stalin’s genocide of Ukrainians through the artificially-created famine “Holodomor.” Millions starved to death, including members of Anna’s own family. In the next decade during World War II, Nazis invaded Ukraine and 18-year-old Anna, like thousands of her peers, was forcefully recruited to work as slave labour in Germany. Her endurance and determination gave her the will to survive—a strength of character she would instill in her children and grandchildren for the rest of her life. Despite heart disease and advanced carcinoma which required several surgeries and prolonged radiation treatment, she battled on with unfaltering bravery. Anna was a devout Ukrainian Catholic and raised her children with Christian values and respect for culture and community. Courage, dignity and loyalty are the legacy Anna leaves her family. Revered. Emulated. Our Champion. We will always love her deeply and cherish her memory forever.

Vichnaia Pamiat

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Visitation

Date
June 06, 2019
Location
Cardinal Funeral Homes - Annette Chapel
Time
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Memo

Panakhyda 7.00pm

Service

Date
June 07, 2019
Location
St. Nicholas Church
Time
10:00 AM

Burial

Date
June 07, 2019
Location
St. Volodymyr Cemetery
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June 05, 2019
Anna Luczka
Dear Sonia, Mike and Luba My deepest condolences, I was sad to hear that she has passed. I liked your Mom, she was a really nice lady and she will be missed. Vichnaya pamyat.
June 04, 2019
Hocko Family
Dearest Luba, Olenka and Tim, Please accept our family's deepest sympathy. May Mama Maryn rest in peace. Our thoughts are with you. Love, Slavko, Irka and Oles Hocko
June 04, 2019
Hania i Petro Woloszansky
Very sad to hear she has passed. Our condolences, вічная пам‘ять
June 04, 2019
Daria Evtushenko
Dear Luba and family, Just found out about the passing of your Mother. Please accept heartfelt condolences from the Evtushenko family. Vichna II Pamiat!! “Ще одна Каваджа пташка полетіла у верій!” Darka Evtushenko
June 04, 2019
michael kulyk
she was a very nice lady and she will be missed