MARYN, Mykola - Passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2020.
He was born in Nyzhnia Volia in the Lemko Carpathian Mountains (Karpaty) of Ukraine.
His father served in the Austro-Hungarian army during the first world war, and travelled to America to work in the coal mines to earn money for his family back home.
His father died at the age of 32, leaving his young mother to raise a family of five children alone.
Mykola was raised by his maternal grandfather—a church deacon, who instilled in him a life-long passion for learning.
At 18, he was forced into slave labour in Nazi Germany, and was later incarcerated in a concentration camp where he suffered terribly.
Mykola moved to Canada after the war and met his wife Anna. Mykola was a family man, a religious man, and a thoughtful, well-read man. He loved to paint landscapes of the Karpaty and had a strong affinity with nature. He laboured in factory shift-work at Massey Ferguson for 35 years, to ensure his children had a higher education and a better life.
Memories of his homeland were always with him, and his lasting legacy will be his treasured paintings of the Karpaty. The family will cherish these forever.
Mykola was a community activist, especially with the Lemko Canadian Association where he served on the Board of Directors and as a delegate to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. He received several tributes for his contributions to the Lemko community.
His memory shall forever be dear in our hearts.
Private service. Thank you for your understanding.
{fastsocialshare