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Nina Gaponyuk (Ніна Володимирівна Гапонюк), a former member of the Ukrainian Bible Baptist Church of Spartanburg, South Carolina, died on April 2, 2025, of a stroke.
She was 84 years old.
Sister Gaponyuk came to America from Ukraine with her husband in March 1992.
They also had lived in Maryland and Florida.
Condolences are expressed to her husband, Nikolay; two daughters, a son, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and other relatives.
A funeral service was held Saturday, April 5, at Wayside Baptist Church in Wellford, South Carolina.
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Cancer claims life of Luba Dobrenko-Mitsuk
Obituaries 2026 / 2025
Посмертні згадки
Anna Pochodenko enters heaven at age 103
A 16-year battle with cancer ended January 31, 2025, for Eugene Makovetskiy (Євген Маковецький), a member of the Ukrainian Baptist Church of Chicago.
Brother Makovetskiy, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, was 44 years old. He immigrated to America with his parents and siblings on April 14, 1992.
Eugene studied business information systems at DeVry University, and he worked as a strategy product manager for IAA.
Zhenya (Женя) married Katerina Tenenika from Ohio on April 1, 2006.
Brother Makovetskiy often traveled to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for treatment. He eventually lost his right eye.
His father is the assistant pastor of the Ukrainian Baptist Church of Chicago.
Condolences are expressed for his wife, Katerina; their children, Natalie and Danny; his parents, Aleksandr and Larisa; a sister, Vera; a brother, Paul; and other relatives.
Visitation will be held Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at the Ukrainian Baptist Church, 6751 Riverside Drive, Berwyn, Illinois.
The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 1400 S. Wolf Road, Hillside, Illinois.
Mrs. Anna Pochodenko (Анна Походенко), a longtime member of the Ukrainian Baptist Church of Chicago, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
She was 103 years old. Sister Pochodenko died during hospice care at home about two months after suffering a stroke.
Anna Pochodenko was born January 21,1923, in western Ukraine. She met her husband in a displaced persons camp in Germany. They came to America in 1949 and eventually settled in Chicago, where they joined the Ukrainian Baptist Church. Sister Pochodenko was active in the women’s group.
She visited Ukraine three times, including in 1995 with her husband and their son Zenon. Her husband, John, died in 2010. Zenon died in 2021.
Sister Pochodenko was able to attend a church service for her 100th birthday when she was honored as the oldest member and received a bouquet of flowers.
She is survived by a daughter, Olga Svaldi; a son, John; two granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Friday, March 20, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. at Knollcrest Funeral Home, 1500 S. Meyers Road, Lombard. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery in River Grove. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First Ukrainian Baptist Church of Chicago, 6751 Riverside Drive, Berwyn, IL 60402.
2025 obituaries
Eugene Makovetskiy, 44, is promoted to heaven
Claudia Logwin (nee Nazaruk - Назарук), a former member of the Ukrainian Baptist Church in Chicago, died on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
She was 91 years old. Mrs. Logwin will be remembered as a kind and gentle soul.
Claudia Nazaruk was born in Argentina and came to Chicago in 1969.
Sister Claudia married Walter Logwin on May 3, 1975, in Chicago. The men's choir of the Ukrainian Baptist Church sang at the wedding. Afterward, the newlyweds moved to Walter's farm outside Neillsville, Wisconsin.
After her husband died in 2019, Sister Claudia moved back to Illinois and lived with her niece Becky and Becky's husband, Neal.
Condolences are expressed to her brother, Bruno Nazaruk, many nieces and nephews and other relatives.
A memorial service will be held at Living Hope Evangelical Free Church in Neillsville, on Saturday, July 5, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in the nearby Town of Grant Cemetery.
Luba Dobrenko-Mitsuk (Любов Добренко-Міцук), a former member of, the Ukrainian Baptist Church of Chicago, died June 3, 2025, after dealing with breast cancer for several years.
Mrs. Dobrenko-Mitsuk was 64 years old.
Sister Dobrenko came to Chicago around 1990 from Ukraine. She attended Moody Bible Institute. She was an accomplished pianist and singer. She also composed a few songs and arranged some songs.
She married Vasiliy Mitsuk in 1993.
Mrs. Dobrenko-Mitsuk had been living in Santa Barbara, California, for about 27 years. She was a private piano teacher and also worked as the choir director for an American church in Santa Barbara.
Condolences are expressed to her husband, Vasiliy Mitsuk, their two children, and other relatives. .
Claudia Logwin enters eternal home in heaven
Nina Gaponyuk meets Jesus in heaven
Those listed were members or former members of Ukrainian Baptist churches in the United States and Canada, or others who had a connection to those churches. If you have information that you would like to share, please send an email to aharbuziuk@gmail.com