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IN MEMORIAM 27 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Листопад 2022 Olga Horodecky Branch 65, New Brunswick, NJ Olga Horodecky of Mount Laurel, NJ, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2022, at the age of 91. Born Olga Leskiw on July 17, 1931, in Voloschyna, Western Ukraine, Olga was the second child of Michael and Maria Leskiw. A long-time resident of Kendall Park, NJ, Olga recently moved in with her son Adri - an. She was a parishioner of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Brunswick, NJ. Olga was also a long- time member of UNWLA Branch 65 in New Brunswick. In her youth, Olga was a member of the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. Olga immigrated to the U.S. in 1949. She worked for General Fire and Casualty Insurance in New York and for Rutgers University in New Brun - swick, NJ, before retiring in 1993. For 50 years, Olga was the belov - ed wife of Jerry Horodecky, who passed in 2001. She was the devoted mother of Irene Horodecky, who passed in 2011. Olga is survived by her son, Adrian, and her niece Ulana Markiv with her husband Volodymyr and their daughter Ericka. Olga is also survived by her nephew Mark Leskiw, his wife Lisa, and their son Dominick. Olga was the sister of Alex Leskiw, who passed in 2020, survived by his wife Daria. Please celebrate Olga's life by watching the award-winning biography of her life, Olga's Odyssey : “She was born in western Ukraine, escaped the russians in World War II, lived in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany for four and a half years, and arrived in New York to begin a new life in America.” (See Our Life , May 2022, page 23.) The movie website is https://vimeo.com/685194810 The Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/Olgas-Odyssey-Movie-113167871139480 Olga's final resting place is Saint Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery in South Bound Brook, NJ. Adrian Horodecky
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