Carteret, New Jersey
John Senyszyn, 70, of Carteret passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy.
Born in Carteret, John was a lifelong resident and attended Carteret High School, where he excelled in baseball. He was employed with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for 37 years until retiring. John was an avid dart player, a member of the Carteret BPO Elks #2235, an avid sports fan and enjoyed fishing and gardening. He will be remembered as a loving father, grandfather and brother who will be deeply missed.
John was predeceased by his parents Michael and Pelahna Senyszyn; siblings, Stefan, Peter P. and Anna Senyszyn; step father, Iwan Kawal and brother in law, Leo Nigro. Surviving are his children, Peter Senyszyn and Nicole Senyszyn; grandson, Kai Jackson; sister, Mary Nigro; brother, Bohdan Senyszyn with his wife Kelly; step brother, Michael Kawal along with many loving nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 12, 2024 from 4pm to 8pm at CHUBENKO FUNERAL HOME, 625 Port Reading Avenue, Port Reading, NJ 07064. Private cremation will follow. Parastas at 6:30PM.
Bohdan Kuzyszyn Age: 91
Bohdan Kuzyszyn was born on September 5, 1932 in the village of Bozhykiv, in the Berezhany region, Ternopil oblast in Ukraine. In 1944, as a result of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Bolsheviks during World War II, Bohdan and his parents, Oleksa and Maria Kuzyszyn, were forced to leave their native Ukraine, and emigrate first to Vienna, Austria, and then, as the Bolsheviks pressed further west, to Landshut, Germany, to a displaced persons camp run by the American organization UNRA. Here Bohdan studied at the “gymnasium”, along with other children of displaced Ukrainians, and joined Plast – the Ukrainian Scouting Organization, where he forged friendships that he maintained for the rest of his life. It was also here that his sister Luba and brother Basil were born. In 1949, the Kuzyszyn family emigrated to the United States and settled in New York City.
While in New York, Bohdan completed studies at Seward Park High School, and began studies at the City College of New York. In 1956, he married his wife Oksana, whom he met at Seward Park High School and at Plast. His studies were interrupted later in 1956, when Bohdan was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was stationed in Germany. Upon returning to the United States, Bohdan completed his studies at CCNY, earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics. Bohdan was active in Plast, the Ukrainian Scouting organization all his life - for 16 years as a counselor, and later, in other leadership positions both in Plast and in the Plast Foundation.
He is survived by his wife, Oksana, his sister Luba, and his brother Basil and his wife Penny, as well as his three children, Oleksander and his wife Olga, Bohdan and his wife Oksana, and Halyna, with her husband Lev. Bohdan and Oksana have six grandchildren – Adriana, Alexandra, Andrij, Kateryna, Ruslan and Oresta, and two great grandchildren, Jack and Scarlett, as well as extended family throughout the United States and in Ukraine.
Funeral services will begin at 9:15am on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 from CHUBENKO FUNERAL HOME, 625 Port Reading Avenue, Port Reading followed by 10am funeral mass at Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption in Perth Amboy. Interment will follow at St. Andrew Cemetery in South Bound Brook.
Visitation will be held on Monday, July 1, 2024 from 4pm to 8pm at the funeral home. Parastas will begin at 7pm.