Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery

Town of Herkimer
Herkimer County, NY

An original reading of Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Herkimer County, New York, walked and transcribed in August 2006 by Steven Knight.



Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery is located on state Route 5 just east of the village of Herkimer in the town of Herkimer at the intersection of Snell's Bush Road. It was founded in 1933 and is owned by Sts. Peter and Paul's Russian Orthodox Church in East Herkimer. The cemetery is the first of three cemeteries, which at first glance almost appear to be one large cemetery. Immediately behind this cemetery is St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, located on Snell's Bush Road.

While this cemetery is small and relatively recent in origin it gives a wonderful glimpse of the beginnings of the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox community in the Herkimer and southern Otsego county area. While reading this cemetery, I was fortunate enough to meet a few descendants of the forerunners of this community who shared with me the areas of origin of their ancestors and translated some of the stones that were written in Cyrillic. There is one stone in Cyrillic that I wasn't able to read since there was no one in the cemetery that day except me.

Steven Knight
8/2006

SURNAMEFIRST NAMEDATESNOTES
AlexczukDimitri1895-1961hus of Olena
AlexczukMichael9/7/1920-12/11/1944PVT 1st Class Co. A 306th Inf. Div. 77 NY W.W. II
AlexczukMichael1921-1944son of Dimitri & Olena
AlexczukMichael J.1951-1982son of Walter
AlexczukOlena1896-1983wife of Dimitri
AlexczukWalter1/8/1923-5/28/1995father of Michael J.; M/Sgt US Army W.W. II
AndriadisAndrew A.1900-1979
AnthonyAnne12/1/1922-12/9/2005wife of Charles H.
AnthonyCharles H.12/30/1916-11/26/2004hus of Anne; 1st Sgt. US Army W.W. II
AnthonyHarry1888-1966hus of Tekla
AnthonyHelen1909-1989wife of John
AnthonyJohn1906-1994hus of Helen
AnthonyTekla1895-1970wife of Harry
BabichAnna K.1896-1934wife of Wasely
BabichWasely1894-1959hus of Anna K.
BarbeyAhafia2/19/1894-8/16/1975wife of Timko
BarbeyTimko10/4/1891-12/20/1947hus of Ahafia
BawolakMary B.1895-1971wife of Peter E.
BawolakPeter E.1888-1979hus of Mary B.
BehuniakJoseph1914-1947
BirukowLuba Ustupyla9/30/1893-11/24/1954Married Aleksandrom Birukow August 15, 1913
BiusSteve5/24/1925-8/11/1998S1 US Navy W. W. II
BiusTheodore1872-1958
BobakAndrew1913-1978hus of Helen
BobakHelen1917-1996wife of Andrew
BoguskiMary1894-1983
BrelinskyAnn1896-1973wife of Daniel
BrelinskyDaniel1893-1963hus of Ann
BrelinskyJoseph1923-1975hus of Martha
BrelinskyLouie1915-2004
BrelinskyMartha1930-1978wife of Joseph
BruskaGeorge T.1897-1970hus of julia F.
BruskaJulia F.1907-2000wife of George T.
BugalAndrew1882-1964
BurdickHarry1920-1967PFC Co. MP 1125th A.V.N. W.W.II
BurdickJohn1918-1978
BurkesJulia Sidoran9/11/1924-8/7/1991
BurkowskiJacob1895-1954
BurkowskiNancy K.1911-1963
ByrdaAnna1892-1971wife of John
ByrdaJohn1884-1950hus of Anna
CancelinoOlga S.1921-1957Daughter of Mary Sterzin; this stone also contains the notation Baby Boy 1957
CancelinoBaby Boy1957this is a notation on the stone of Olga S. Cancelino
ChanasKatherine1893-1982
ChoinakHarry5/14/1887-12/12/1937
ChuhralyaJohn5/20/1920-?/18/1932son of Michael & Julia
ChuhralyaJulia Dzuga1885-1953wife of Michael
ChuhralyaMichael1895-no datehus of Julia Dzuga
ChuhralyaNicholas12/16/1926-7/5/1936son of Michael & Julia
CormanAnna1914-2001wife of Leonard
CormanLeonard1925-1991hus of Anna
DavidiakMary1870-1941wife of Michael; note same dates for both husband & wife
DavidiakMichael1870-1941hus of Mary; note same dates for both husband & wife
DedlaJohn2/29/1916-9/23/2002MOMM1 US Navy W. W. II
DedlaMary1892-1976wife of Stephen
DedlaStephen1888-1946hus of Mary
DemchkoMarion G.7/21/1922-12/8/1979wife of Metro A.
DemchkoMetro A.9/22/1916-7/23/2002hus of Marion G.
DoshinaDimitri1891-1971
DropAmelia1886-1972wife of Michael
DropMichael1886-1965hus of Amelia
DubczakAndrew1896-1952
DulakAnna10/8/1920-6/10/2004
DulakOwen1885-1961hus of Pelegia
DulakPelegia1885-1983wife of Owen
DziadikChristina1896-1942wife of Frank
DziadikFrank1896-1981hus of Christina
ElnickyJacob F.1903-1997
EskoffGeorge1883-1972hus of Ksenia
EskoffKsenia1885-1960wife of George
EskoffSarah G.1921-1984
EskoffStephania1909-2001
FejkoMary1895-1936
FistickMakar1870-1957
FoleyKatherine Konn3/29/1916-5/11/2002wife of Leo J.
FoleyLeo J.10/17/1910-3/17/1981hus of Katherine Konn
FrantzmanAlbert C. Sr.9/3/1916-6/12/1989hus of Anne Konn; CWO US Navy W.W. II, Korea
FrantzmanAnne Konn1914-1990wife of Albert C. Sr.
FrenchHarold1920-1985hus of Mary
FrenchMary1921-1959wife of Harold
GachowskyBenjamin A.1927-1993
GalaEthel1898-1974wife of John
GalaJohn1896-1968hus of Ethel
GarbaraJohn9/11/1909-2/1/1988
GromadzkiCelia1899-1980wife of Michael
GromadzkiMichael1901-1966hus of Celia
GromadzkyFrank1889-1974hus of Mary
GromadzkyMary1898-1995wife of Frank
HalkowichAleksandra1893-1958wife of John
HalkowichJohn1882-1950hus of Aleksandra
HalkowitchMary1886-1970
Halkowitch
1879-1949first name is written in Cyrilic; hus of Mary
HardishAlex1877-1960hus of Anna
HardishAnna1885-1965wife of Alex
HardishAnne C.1918-1991
HardishFrank1912-1963
HardishHarry A.1906-1975hus of Susanna Klebish
HardishJohn1909-1981PFC US Army W. W. II
HardishMichael1907-1975
HardishSusanna Klebish1909-1976wife of Harry A.
HawrylchakJoanne1/1/1952-3/17/1978daughter of Michael
HawrylchakMichael9/17/1913-10/26/1982father of Joanne
HladyszCharles1924-1991
HladyszJohn N.1888-1966hus of Mae
HladyszJulia1896-1981wife of Stephan
HladyszMae1895-1964wife of John N.
HladyszStephan1895-1976hus of Julia
HladyszStephen J.1916-1996
HomiakAnastasia1892-1997wife of Philip
HomiakAndrew1888-1969hus of Peliagia Sumple
HomiakPeliagia Sumple1892-1969wife of Andrew
HomiakPhilip1891-1976hus of Anastasia
HomykAndrew1916-1984
HomykAnna1891-1967wife of Harry
HomykHarry1894-1973hus of Anna; a descendant said that Harry & Anna came from Austria-Hungary
HomykHarry G.1917-1988
HomykHarry III1957-1987SP4 US Army Vietnam
HovanecMichael1872-1951hus of Suzanna
HovanecSuzanna1874-1940wife of Michael
HrobuchakAndrew1917-1994
HryndaAnna P.1900-01986wife of John Sr.
HryndaEugenin Korbut1/21/1929-8/30/2004wife of Steve
HryndaHelen1926-2002
HryndaJohn Sr.1901-1986hus of Anna P.
HryndaMetro D.1921-1995
HryndaSteve6/16/1924-1/21/1999hus of Eugenin Korbut
HubiakJohn1925-2006
HubiakKatie Homo1895-1969wife of Thomas
HubiakMary1891-1973wife of Theodore
HubiakTheodore1886-1957hus of Mary
HubiakThomas1894-1981hus of Katie Homo
HudynciaAlex1889-1965hus of Julia
HudynciaJulia1894- no datewife of Alex
JagoGeorge J.1915-1978
JovoroskyAlexandra1874-1943wife of Ignatz
JovoroskyIgnatz1873-1944hus of Alexandra
JovoroskyWalter1904-1994
JovoroskyWalter Jr.1925-1994son of Walter
JustinowAntonia1896-1955wife of Justin; a large family style stone in this plot has the name spelled Yustinow; a family member said that they came from St. Petersburg, Russia abt. 1910
JustinowJustin1891-1946hus of Antonia; a large family style stone in this plot has the name spelled Yustinow; a family member said that they came from St. Petersburg, Russia abt. 1910
JustinowTatiana1927-1933daughter of Justin & Tatiana; a large family style stone in this plot has the name spelled Yustinow
KarpeyFeodor1877-1938
KarpowichKazmier1890-1976hus of Martha
KarpowichMartha1902-1988wife of Kazmier
KencharekElizabeth1895-1977wife of Samuel A.
KencharekSamuel A.1892-1967hus of Elizabeth
KlebishAndrew E.1913-1975
KlebishMary1906-1954wife of Stephan M.
KlebishMatilda1910-2002wife of Stephen
KlebishMaxim1868-1941hus of Susanna; a family member said that they came from Austria-Hungary
KlebishNicholas J.12/17/1915-4/18/2000
KlebishStephan M.1902-1948hus of Mary
KlebishStephen1905-1972hus of Matilda
KlebishSusanna1876-1959wife of Maxim; a family member said that they came from Austria-Hungary
KlischHarry1/21/1903-10/14/1966hus of Sera
KlischSera8/11/1905-11/15/2001wife of Harry
KlukaPeter1897-1992hus of Tessie
KlukaSamuel Peter2/15/1919-5/3/1947S/Sgt 29th F.A. 4th Div. N.Y. W.W. II
KlukaTessie1897-1992wife of Peter
KonnEllen1909-1981daughter of Timothy & Mary
KonnMary1877-1948wife of Timothy
KonnTimothy1877-1964hus of Mary
KononovichKarl1924-2004
KononovichPhilip Michael1958-2004
KorbaJacob1889-1964hus of Rose
KorbaRose1892-1969wife of Jacob
KovalPeggy1887-1977wife of Vasel
KovalVasel1887-1955hus of Peggy
KozachukNikita1880-1947
KozakMakarie1872-1953
KravecAnna1918-1997wife of John
KravecGeorge1924-1970
KravecJohn1912-1975hus of Anna
KravecPeter1884-1935hus of Suzanne
KravecSuzanne1891-1958wife of Peter
KrenichynDaniel1914-2001hus of Ethelyn G.
KrenichynEfrosina1890-1977wife of Wasil
KrenichynEthelyn G.1923-1973wife of Daniel
KrenichynThelma Davis4/21/1918-9/30/2001
KrenichynWasil1886-1975hus of Efrosina
KubaMyles7/25/1913-11/25/1993
KuncikAlex1894-1965hus of Mary Woytowich
KuncikMary Woytowich1894-1978wife of Alex
KuncikMichael A.
U S Army W.W.II
KuriloMary D.1896-1979wife of Orest
KuriloOrest1892-1977hus of Mary D.
KuzenechAnna1905-1996wife of Michael
KuzenechMichael1898-1966hus of Anna
KuzenechNicholas12/12/1931-6/8/1955Battery B, 504th AAA Missle Battalion
LauritanoJulia Kuncik1917-2001
LepowskiLeon L.1919-1985hus of Mary Sokol
LepowskiMary Sokol1920-1968wife of Leon L.
LeveSteve1911-1966
LitwenAnna1895-1937wife of Wasil
LitwenFrank1884-1966
LitwenRoman Pinko1870-1949
LitwenTheodore3/10/1925-10/3/2001
LitwenWasil1886-1977hus of Anna
LubinMargaret1906-1978
LygaJohn1896-1950hus of Mary
LygaMary1910-1968wife of John
MadarasConstantine1893-1966hus of Mary
MadarasMary1896-1963wife of Constantine
MalinchakAlice1931-1983
MalinchakAnna1897-1980wife of Nicholas
MalinchakAnna1934-1980
MalinchakNicholas1890-1964hus of Anna
MalinchakNick1925-1945Co. A 61st Arm. Inf. Btn. NY W.W. II
MalinchakStephen1938-1946
MaliniakMichael1893-1969
MaliniakMikolaj1920-1944
MamroschCornelius1921-1995
MamroschDaniel1884-1964hus of Natalia
MamroschEdmund Sr.1924-1994
MamroschJohn8/28/1887-8/3/1935
MamroschJoseph1908-1984son of Daniel & Natalia
MamroschMary Paulishak1896-1948wife of Stephen
MamroschNatalia1884-1968wife of Daniel
MamroschStephen1891-1955hus of Mary Paulishak
MarochkoAnna1896-1986wife of John
MarochkoJohn1887-1957hus of Anna
MarochkoOlga1920-1951daughter of John & Anna
MezickMary Hardish8/3/1915-2/23/2000wife of Peter
MezickPeter1/25/1912-4/8/1993hus of Mary Hardish
MezikJohn1923-1988
MezikOlga1891-1964
MezikThomas1934-1991
MickalenkoMichael1885-1957
MorrisKatherine Sokin1882-1963wife of Paul
MorrisPaul1881-1960hus of Katherine Sokin
MoscharAnna1872-1948
MoscharCarl1882-1953
MozolukJoseph M.1900-1989
NaglowskyAnna R.1913-2002wife of John B.
NaglowskyJohn B.1906-1983hus of Anna R.
NanoskiHelen Hardish1919-2004wife of Michael
NanoskiMichael1/31/1917-3/1/1979hus of Helen Hardish; PFC US Army W.W. II
NicholsHelen1926-1986
NicholsOlga1932-1994
NicholsPauline1896-1958wife of Peter
NicholsPeter1894-1956hus of Pauline
NicholsSteven1916-1981son of Peter & Pauline
No SurnameAnna D.1906-1933
No SurnameMaryno dates
No SurnameMichael1886-1955
No SurnameStephenno dates
No SurnameVictor1940-1956Son; near Steckler & Pupchek stones; there is a Victor Steckler who may be his grandfather
NychajStefan1878-1940
OchotkaD. L.1888-1949appears to be the spouse of T. L.
OchotkaT. L.1881-1934appears to be the spouse of D. L.
OpackiMary1911-2000wife of Michael
OpackiMichael10/31/1909-6/20/1962hus of Mary; S/Sgt US Army AF W. W. II
OstazAnne1923-2002
PalygaHarry1898-1976hus of Joanna
PalygaJoanna1905-1978wife of Harry
PatnaudeAnnette Steckler1912-1995wife of Norman
PatnaudeNorman1910-1985hus of Annette Steckler
PavlotOlga Yaworski1927-1988
PawlikaKatherine1888-1947
PenalisHelen Spytko1915-1996
PetrasHelen Sidoran1918-1962mother of John Edward
PetrasJohn Edward1942-1962son of Helen Sidoran Petras
PlaskonTekla1887-1978wife of Titko
PlaskonTitko3/17/1892-3/4/1958hus of Tekla; PVT 34 Co. 151 Depot Brig. W.W. I Connecticut
PlaskowStephen1854-1937
PolanskyParaska1897-1994wife of Stephan
PolanskyStephan1892-1969hus of Paraska
PopkaJohn L.1894-1991hus of Mary
PopkaMary1898-1993wife of John L.
PotosniakAnna1873-1943wife of John
PotosniakJohn1863-1954hus of Anna
PrawlockiAnna1892-1985
PrawlockiJohn1916-1997
PrawlockiWalter1891-1942
PronkoLuke1881-1964Veteran
PtasznikAnna1892-1969wife of Anthony; a family member said that they came from Ukraine bet. 1900-1910
PtasznikAnthony1885-1947hus of Anna; a family member said that they came from Ukraine bet. 1900-1910
PtasznikChester1/24/1920-1/27/1998T/Sgt US Army W. W. II
PtasznikJoseph J.1912-1975
PupchekMary1912-1998wife of Michael
PupchekMary6/1/1891-5/31/1976
PupchekMichael19*12-1992hus of Mary
PupchekStephen1889-1959
PupchekWalter S.7/6/1925-7/1/2000US Army W.W. II
PuskarenkoJustina1897-1937
PuskarenkoMichel1923-1937
PytelWasyl9/15/1864-11/30/1968
Richvalsky
1906-1933This stone is written in Cyrilic. The surname and dates are all that I could decipher.
SalancoAlex1881-1954hus of Pearl
SalancoPearl1885-1967wife of Alex
SenkoPauline11/7/1895-11/21/1980wife of Philip
SenkoPhilip11/17/1896-3/22/1978hus of Pauline
SenykAndrew1883-1956hus of Palagia
SenykPalagia1893-1952wife of Andrew
SenykStephania Hollick1908-2000wife of Walter
SenykWalter1915-1991hus of Stephania Hollick
ShibutAdam1888-1950
ShipleyPauline1922-1974
SidoranAnna Lemak6/10/1891-1/2/1961wife of Frank
SidoranAnna Lemak6/10/1891-1/2/1961wife of Frank
SidoranFrank1886-1970hus of Anna Lemak
SidoranFrank Jr.1886-1970hus of Anna Lemak
SidoranFrank Jr.12/18/1922-3/13/1939son of Frank & Anna
SidoranMichael3/23/1912-11/26/1947son of Frank & Anna
SidoranPeter1930-2001
SidoranWilliam7/14/1926-7/8/1952
SlenskaSteve1907-1996
SlopkaFrank1919-1977
SlopkaHarry1927-1987PFC US Army W. W. II
SlopkaHelen May1912-2001
SlopkaJohn1888-1941hus of Mary
SlopkaMary1891-1971wife of John
SmolenskiSpiridon1885-1959
SobolowskiMelanie1881-1973
SobolowskiMichael1904-1993
SobolowskiStephen1940-1997
SokerkaJohn1888-1969hus of Mary
SokerkaMary1894-1986wife of John
SokerkaMichael1918-1996
SokerkaPaul David1959-1970
SokolCatherine1920-1995wife of Joseph
SokolEva1895-1992wife of Panko
SokolJoseph1918-1960hus of Catherine
SokolMary1895-1986wife of Stefan
SokolMichael P.9/26/1917-10/27/1998
SokolPanko1893-1987hus of Eva
SokolPanko Jr.8/27/1933-10/17/1933son of Panko & Eva
SokolPeter6/19/1932-10/28/1932son of Panko & Eva
SokolStefan1895-1977hus of Mary
SoposkiLena1886-1974wife of Meketo
SoposkiMeketo1888-1940hus of Lena
SpytkoJohn1913-1984
SpytkoMaxe1/24/1935-10/15/1949Born in Wood, Penn.
SpytkoPauline1895-1973wife of Stephen
SpytkoStephen1889-1952hus of Pauline
SpytkoWalter7/26/1917-8/31/1992
Staleyjustina Marie11/23/1963-6/15/1989
StecklerHarry1910-1986father of Sandra M.; possibly father of Victor?
StecklerHelene11/11/1924-6/12/1945
StecklerMary1893-1962wife of Victor
StecklerSandra M.9/12/1946-4/1/1951daughter of Harry
StecklerVictor1884-1942hus of Mary
StehenachJohn1908-1986hus of Lubov R.
StehenachLubov R.1919-2004wife of John
StehenachMichael1883-1965hus of Pelagia
StehenachMichael1914-1982
StehenachMichael N.1914-1982Lt. Col. US Army W.W. II
StehenachPelagia1888-1968wife of Michael
StehnachWilliam1913-1993
StekiakMargaret Rose7/1/1944-10/5/2004
SterzinDavid1945-1968
SterzinDemetro1885-1968
SterzinDonald1949-1992
SterzinKatherine1919-1996
SterzinMary1893-1968Mother of Olga S. Cancelino
SzapockaMikolas1884-1948
TymoczkoAnna B.1910-2002wife of John
TymoczkoJohn1911-1984hus of Anna B.
TyndaNicholas J.8/22/1922-5/24/1996Sgt. US Marine Corps W.W. II
WieleczkaJulia1913-1994wife of Stanley
WieleczkaStanley1912-2000hus of Julia
WilliamsAnne S.1915-1988wife of Joseph
WilliamsJoseph1904-1978hus of Anne S.
WolkoffNancy Steckler1916-1995wife of Victor M.
WolkoffVictor M.1916-1965hus of Nancy Steckler
WorobyHelen1892-1950wife of Peter
WorobyJohn1883-1952
WorobyPeter1885-1973hus of Helen
YaneshakAndrew1892-1984hus of Paza
YaneshakAndrew1892-1984hus of Paza
YaneshakPaza1896-1996wife of Andrew
YaneshakPaza1896-1996wife of Andrew
YaworskiAnna1895-1974wife of John
YaworskiCecelia1918-2000wife of Steve
YaworskiFrank E.1885-1955
YaworskiJohn1889-1977hus of Anna
YaworskiSteve1919-2003hus of Cecelia
YuschakMary1888-1942
YustinowSee JustinowSee JustinowSee Justinow
ZagoresAlfred1888-1952
ZelezniakAnastasia1896-1975wife of Stephan
ZelezniakStephan1892-1976hus of Anastasia

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