HRYCYSHYN, Mychailo - Passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
He was born on September 18, 1923 in the village of Verbylivtsy, Rohatyn district, Ivano-Frankivsk region.
His parents, Theodore and Kateryna, née Zinchuk, had six children: Anna, Evdokhiya, Stefan, Ivan, Mychailo and Kateryna.
They were a family of farmers who worked hard living in an occupied land.
Mychailo’s mother Kateryna was deeply religious and raised her children in the same way whereby church was the centre of family life.
Mychailo aspired to become a lawyer, but his fierce patriotism and desire to rid Ukraine of its occupier forced eighteen -year-old Mychailo and two friends from his village to enlist in the Ukrainian National Army, First Division of Galicia without his parents' permission.
His parents were unaware that they had enlisted for service and when Mychailo told his father, he reluctantly supported his decision. With that, Mychailo set out, never thinking he would not see his family again.
After the capitalization of the war, Mychailo found himself in Belgium, where he worked hard in the coal mines. Eventually, he went to England where he married and started a family.
Together the family came to Canada, but unfortunately Mychailo and his wife divorced, and his children, daughters Ivanka and Luba, moved to Italy with their mother.
After some time, Mychailo met Anna Jewusiak and soon thereafter, on June 6, 1964, they were married in the Church of the Holy Protection on Bathurst St. A year later they had a son, Roman, followed by a second son, Myron. Over time, the young couple were able to sponsor Anna's mother Anastasia, her brother Michael, sister Stephanie and sister Maria and her family to Canada.
He left in deep sorrow daughters Ivanka and Luba in Italy, sons Myron and Roman with daughter-in-law Lesia, grandchildren Oriyana (Scott Hayward), Adriyan, Tamara, Lukiyan and Inessa, sister-in-laws Stefania Shykula and Maria Jewusiak and extended family in Ukraine.
Funeral services for Mychailo will be held on Tuesday March 30, 2021 at the Church of the Holy Protection, and Mychailo will be laid to rest in Oakville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in the name of Mychailo Hrycyshyn to Ivan Franko Long-Term Care Home.
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