Genealogical Gems

Tuesday will be the fourth anniversary of the passing of a good friend and fellow parish member, John Dmytryk.    His obituary read: John Dmytryk, 87, of Coatesville, husband of Rose M. Szanyi Dmytryk, died Thursday, 27 January, 2011 in Brandywine Hospital . Born on 29 January 1923 in Newark , NJ , he was the son of the late Stephen and Sophia Prydun Dmytryk. John was a graduate of the former Scott High School , Coatesville. He was employed as a contractor for the Wright Brothers of Chester County for many years. He also was a deputy sheriff of Chester County and constable for the state of Pennsylvania . John was known as a man of many hats but his great enjoyment was mowing on his John Deere tractor and caring for his iris and blueberry gardens. He was a member of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Coatesville. In addition to Rose, his wife of 15 years, he is survived by a son, John L. Dmytryk of Coatesville and two brothers, Nicholas Dmytryk and Peter ...

  Dmytryk   Stephen  1891-1970 Sophia 1893 - 1981   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County    Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

  Dmytryk   Julia b. 7 September 1921 d. 21 April 1988   John b. 29 January 1923 (buried a couple plots away)   at the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA   Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

  Our Darling Son Peter Dmytryk, Jr. 1955 - 1958   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA   Peter is buried next to his mother, Audrey Dmytryk .   Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

  Dmytryk   Peter b. 30 January 1936 Audrey b. 16 November 1937 d. 27 May 2003   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery, Valley Township, Chester County, PA      Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

Funeral Card Friday today features John Dmytryk. It's hard to believe it's been almost a year since he passed. May His Memory Be Eternal. John by the way is buried at the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in Valley Township, Chester County, PA.