Anna Pidwerbetsky

Pidwerbetsky, Anna SCHENECTADY Anna Maria Marta de Lodzia Rostkowycz Pidwerbetsky, 87, died Monday, August 8, 2011 at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. She was born in Werchrata, Ukraine, on July 16, 1924, where her maternal grandfather was the parish priest. She was the loving and devoted daughter of Tadey de Lodzia Rostkowycz and Maria Chominska. She grew up in Peremysl, Ukraine, where her father was a well known professor of physics and mathematics. During World War II, she moved to Krynica where she finished a seminary course in elementary education. After World War II, she ended up in Salzburg, Austria, where she finished gymnasium with honors. Always a dedicated and excellent student, she then studied pharmacy at the University of Graz. In 1949, she emigrated to the United States, working in the payroll department for Micamold Electric Corporation in New York City. In 1957, she married Andre Pidwerbetsky, who was totally devoted to her. In 1961, she moved to Schenectady where she created a loving home for her growing family. She was truly a devoted and caring mother, giving everything she had for her children. She instilled in her children a love for education and a deep sense of caring for others and was the heart of the family. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, embroidery and tending to her vegetable garden. She was a communicant of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Watervliet, where she religiously attended services and helped with their fundraising efforts. She is the beloved wife of Andre Pidwerbetsky, who tirelessly and lovingly cared for her through her illnesses; devoted mother of Alex Pidwerbetsky of Schenectady and Areta Marta Pidwerbetsky and her husband Myron Dytiuk of Schenectady and Adriana Maria Pidwerbetsky of New York City; adored grandmother of Nina Sophia Dytiuk and Andrew Gregory Dytiuk; aunt of Askold Wynnykiw of Loudonville; cousin of Tanya Rudzik of Toronto, Canada. The funeral will be Thursday at 8:30 a.m. from the Parker Bros. Memorial, 2013 Broadway, Watervliet, and at 9 a.m. at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Watervliet, N.Y. Interment will follow in Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Hamptonburgh, N.Y. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. with the Panakhyda service at 6:30 p.m. Contributions may be made to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society, 2410 Fourth Ave., Watervliet, NY 12189 in memory of Anna Pidwerbetsky.