Marija Kowalenko

Pani Matka Marija Kowalenko passed away on August 23, 2016 in Debary, Florida at the age of 95. She spent the last several years at the Orange City Nursing Home battling Alzheimer's. She was born in Poltava, Ukraine in 1921, and during her lifetime she was an active sisterhood member of several Ukrainian Orthodox Churches (St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Rochester, NY, Holy Trinity in Cleveland, Ohio, and St. Vladimir in Hartford, Connecticut). Marija was the wife of the late Very Reverend Fedj Kowalenko, and is survived by her three children Oleksa Kowalenko, Alexandra (Felix) Schrayter, and Nadia (Peter) Hunt; brother Walter (Maria) Szwez; sister-in-law's Meroslava Szwez and Olga Szwez; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Marija was a kind and compassionate woman who loved her family. She was always ready for a hug, and had a beautiful smile. The funeral will be held at St. Andrews Ukrainian Orthodox Church, located at 260 Main Street, South Bound Brook, New Jersey 08880 on Saturday August 27, 2016 at 11:00am.