Romana Harasymiak Guran

ROMANA HARASYMIAK GURAN April 16, 1938 – February 16, 2026 Romana Skorobohata was born in Zhydachiv, Ukraine.

She usually preferred to be called Roma.

During World War II, her family left Ukraine to avoid Soviet tyranny, and she spent the war years in Sanok, Poland and in Vienna, Austria. In 1948, Roma's family came to America and settled in New York City.

Roma earned an A.A. in Applied Science from the State University of New York at Morrisville in 1958, and a B.A. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 1961. Before she retired, Roma held a variety of jobs, including teaching public school, being a fitness instructor and serving as an administrative assistant to a movie theater chain.

In 1962, Roma married Ireneus Harasymiak, with whom she had two sons, Andrei and Denys. Between 1967 and 1997, she lived in Hartford, Connecticut; St. Louis, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia and Toronto, Ontario. She retired to Venice in 1997.

After Ireneus died in 2000, Roma married Bohdan Guran in 2005 and lived with him until his death in 2020. During her time in Florida, she was very active in the local Ukrainian-American community. She served as head of the Ukrainian Community Council, was a longtime member and secretary of Branch 56 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, and was a parishioner of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in North Port. Before she moved to Florida, she had also been active in Plast, the Ukrainian-American scouting organization.

Roma is survived by her son, Andrei Harasymiak; her son, Denys Harasymiak with his wife, Rebecca Mills, and their son, Patrick; her sister, Tamara Skorobohata; her nieces, Renata Gomez and Katrina Martin; and her nephews, Steven Harasymiak, Oleh Stecyk, Markian Stecyk and Adrian Stecyk.

Donations in Roma's memory may be made to:

• Ukrainian National Women's League of America – Branch 56c/o Victoria Lukasevich / 6243 Tedder Street / Port Charlotte, FL 33981

• The Ukrainian Museum222 East 6th Street / New York, NY 10003

• St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church1078 North Biscayne Drive / North Port, FL 34291