| From left: May McCready, John Danylyszyn, Anna Becker and Sydir Tymiak. [via Newspapers.com] |
| Often when I can’t find words, I look to the archives to see who already has. The words I can’t find are about Ukraine, a place I was lucky enough to visit twice: Kiev in 2017 and Lviv in 2019. Both were trips where I got to spend time with Ukrainian journalists and Ukrainian people, and I loved every moment. Whether you have ties to a place or not, it can be tough to feel connected to things happening far away. I hope today’s edition of this newsletter helps. I’m sharing the obituaries of several people who were born in Ukraine and died in Florida. They include the story of Maria Synychak, who was born in Kiev and taken by Germans during World War II at 15. She later married and ran a 60-acre farm in Masaryktown. When I first pitched the idea of writing obituaries about regular people, and later this newsletter, reminding people what we have in common was always the main goal. It still is. |
| From the Tampa Tribune, April 29, 1978. [via Newspapers.com] |
| From the Tampa Tribune, Sept. 24, 1996. [via Newspapers.com] |
| From the Tampa Tribune, May 8, 2003. [via Newspapers.com] |
| From the Tampa Tribune, Feb. 14, 2004. [via Newspapers.com] |
| From the Tampa Tribune, April 20 2008. [via Newspapers.com] |
| Here are some obituaries from the past week that I found in the obits section of the Tampa Bay Times, in the news and from local funeral homes. If you see any with great details, please share them.
• Priscilla Chase, 85, of Pinellas County “loved small children. She became the glue that held the multigenerational Chase family together, even helping family elders when they relocated from Dunedin back to New England for their final years. Her friends were in awe of her 1000 mile trips alone in her red Ford Econoline van, hauling furniture for loved ones and making visits to her sons and grandchildren up north.”
• Al Boatright, 88, of Tampa “was a proud member of Ironworkers’ Local 397 and honored to receive his 70-year pin in 2022. An avid reader, deer and turkey hunter, he was a veteran, Mason, and member of the Belmont Baptist Church for over 60 years.”
• Adolfo Lopez, 90, of Tampa “was a respected Elevator Inspector in Puerto Rico and Florida.”
• Gloria White, 93, of Tampa “was a very independent woman who could perform minor repairs on her automobiles and basic electrical work on her home. She was somewhat of a ‘tomboy’ who was physically strong with a wiry build, earning her the nickname ‘BamBam.’”
• And in the go-out-and-live category, meet Ichabod Wainwright, the man on the wheel of death at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival.
Thanks for reading, hug your people,
Kristen |
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