Lidia Huk

Lidia Tatiana Huk passed away on March 13, 2018 in Massachusetts after battling Parkinsonism for over 30 years. She was born in Dobromil, Ukraine on November 24th to the late Olga and Stefan Stefanowycz. She left her homeland at a very young age while fleeing Russian Communist oppression and spent many years in a displaced persons camp in Regensburg, Germany before emigrating to Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an older teen, she emigrated to the United States where she would later meet, her husband, the late Dr. Michael Huk. They settled in Mountainside, N.J. and raised 2 children, Andrew and Motria (nicknamed Mona). Lidia worked as a volunteer for the American Red Cross chapter in Westfield NJ, for the Ukrainian Institute in NYC, as an administrator for her husbands medical practice and later as a realtor. In 1999 she and her husband moved to Cambridge MA to be closer to their daughter Motria. Wherever she lived, Lidia was easy to love. She had a very kind and generous soul that shined through her sparkling blue eyes. She always had an eye for fashion and enjoyed going out in Cambridge, Massachusetts to visit the lovely shops. Without being asked, a number of dress shop owners would put aside things for her that they thought she would like because they simply wanted to see her smile when she came by again. She loved to dance, and even when she could not walk easily she could always get moving if you did the waltz with her. Lidia also had a deep love of music and listened to one of her favorite singers, Julio Iglesias until the last moments of her life. She is survived by her beloved sister, Cristina Dulyn, her step daughter Camille Masier and her husband Roman Masier, her loving son Andrew Huk, her daughter, Motria and Clifford Edwards and their daughter, Sophia. Sophia has lived all 10 years of her life with "Baba Lalya" and seeing Sophia was the biggest source of joy in Lidias later life. She also leaves behind her other granddaughters, Olya Matkiwsky, Oksana Conroy and their families as well as her nephew Mark Dulyn, his wife Tania and their loving children, Stefan, Andrea and Christian who always made "Teta Lalya" smile. Finally, she leaves a number of cousins throughout the United States, Ukraine and Argentina as well as many wonderful people who became extended family as they helped lovingly care for her throughout the years. Lidia was the kind of person who never complained and found pleasure in the simple things in life. We will miss her and her sparkling blue eyes very much. Wake will take place on Friday March 23rd at the Union Lytwyn arch Home, Union NJ from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. with panahida at 7:30 pm. Funeral mass will be at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Irvington, NJ on March 24th In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in honor of the extraordinary care Lidia Huk received at South Shore Hospital and can either be mailed to South Shore Health System Foundation, 55 Fogg Road, South Weymouth, MA 02190-2455 or online at southshorehealth.org/ways-to-give.