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Martha MAMIKA Obituary
87 Roseville, California
Martha Mamika was called home by our Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 8th after enduring a long struggle with illness. She was born May 20, 1926, along the Dnieper River in the Ukraine, to Paulo and Nastia Kasidub.
She, and her family, were displaced by the World War II conflict which ravaged Europe, ultimately arriving in Munich, Germany, where she met and married her husband of 67 years on June 2, 1946. Immigrating to the United States in 1950, she and her husband raised two sons and one daughter, in Roseville, California.
Martha was preceded in death by her parents and her three sisters, Katherine, Anna and Maria. She is survived by her husband Bill Mamika of Roseville, CA; daughter Katherine Smith and her husband James of Danville, CA; son Paul Mamika and his wife Ida of Fair Oaks, CA; and son Anatoly Mamika and his wife Sarah of Merritt Island, FL. She was also blessed with three grandsons, Andrew Smith of San Luis Obispo, CA; Daniel Smith of Davis, CA; Chief Petty Officer Roger Mamika and his wife Nicole and great-grandson Griffin of Ft. Meade, MD; two granddaughters, Lisa Bolin and her husband Daniel and great- granddaughter Kailah of Austin, TX; and Nancy Williams and her husband Rhys, great-grandson Evan and great-granddaughter, Melissa of Palm Bay, FL.
Funeral service will be held at Lambert Funeral Home, 400 Douglas Blvd., Roseville, CA at 10am on Thursday, August 15, 2013.
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Memories and Condolences
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Lupe Trevizo Hernandez
August 13, 2013
I offer my condolences to my dear childhood friend Kathy. Special life celebrations you cherish will keep your loving mother's memory close to your heart. May God bless you during this difficult time.
August 12, 2013
There are no words grand enough to express the love I felt for my Grandmother. She was the best hugger, cook and listener ever. Nothing will ever compare to her hugs. I was her little Yellow Bird "Chirp Chirp” and always will be. She will be forever missed.
Nancy Marie Mamika Williams (Palm Bay FL)
Anatoly Mamika
August 11, 2013
My mother was a wonderful, kind and loving person, and I was very proud of her. Her story would fill a book, beginning in a little village in the Ukraine on the banks of the Dnieper River, continuing along the refugee packed roads of war ravaged Europe as she and her three sisters and parents fled on foot to find some kind of safety, forced at 17 to work in a Nazi Labor Camp in Austria, liberated at the end of the war and meeting my Dad in Munich, Germany, and having me about 18 months later, and sailing from Bremerhaven to the United States as an immigrant family with nothing in their pockets but hope. She raised three children, making sure we excelled in school and everything else we did. She became a citizen of the United States, and she loved this country and was grateful for the opportunity it provided our family. She never took a penny from welfare, and she made sure none of us did either. Her words were “ if you can walk, you can work, and if you work, you will be rewarded”. She was fiercely religious and proud of her Ukrainian Orthodox heritage. I miss her. Rest in peace, Mom.
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