Steven Howansky was born on May 2, 1942 to Damian and Fotyna Szewczyk Howansky in the village of Zdynia in the Lemko region of southeastern Poland. A defining moment in his life occurred when,...

Andriy Kaszczak was born on December 6, 1930 in Zdynia in Lemkivshchyna. His parents were Pavlo Kaszczak (1897-1980) and Tekla (maiden name was Kapitula) (1900-1970). Andriy was the fourth of six children in his...

Volodymyr Uzdejczyk was born on February 19, 1925 in Jankowce, in the Lesko district, in Lemkivshchyna. His parents were Ivan Uzdejczyk (1892-1985) and Katerina (from the Adamiak family, 1982-1979). The family had seven children...

Stefan Barna was born on May 14, 1920, in the village of Wola Wyżna near Jaśliska, in the Sanok district in Lemkivshchyna. His parents, named Michael and Paraska, were both peasants. He finished 3...

Heading the 27 th National Conference of the Organization for the Defense of Lemko Western Ukraine (OOL) on September 23, 2006 in Yonkers, NY, Mrs. Marie Duplak highlighted in her opening remarks that the...