101 - Yelena Leontievna Wasylenko - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario
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elyob
N 45° 20.354 W 075° 46.969
18T E 438666 N 5020933
The monument is section 4, plot 518-2.
Waymark Code: WMQQ24
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/16/2016
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WASYLENKO
MOTHER
YELENA
LEONTIEVNA
SINGER,
TEACHER
4 JUNE 1888 - KIEV
OTTAWA
4 JULY 1989
MÉMOIRE ÉTERNELLE
SON
ROSTYSLAV
ROSS
ACTOR.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
27 JUNE 1920
According to the monumental inscription, Yelena was born in Kiev, 4 June 1888.
The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper 5 July 1989, page C1.
At her home on Tuesday, July 4, 1989, Helen Wasylenko, aged 101 years. Beloved mother of Ross Wasylenko. Grandmother of Larysa and Lydia. Great-grandmother of Dmytro, Tetiana and Dmytryk. Also survived by relatives in the Ukraine and U.S.A. She was a soloist singer prior to the Revolution and a French teacher until her retirement at the age of 70. She came to Canada in 1970 and lived with her son Ross and family. She will be sadly missed by relatives and friends in the U.S.S.R, U.S.A, and Canada, especially by her son Rostyslav and his family Danula and Marta. Friends may call at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 235 Kent Street, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Prayers Thursday at 8 p.m. Funeral service Friday at 10 a.m. in Holy Trinity Bukowinian Orthodox Cathedral (Somerset at Arthur Street). Interment Pinecrest Cemetery.