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Bohdan Melnychenko
In Memory of
Bohdan A.
Melnychenko
1946 - 2017
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Bohdan . . .

Many years ago, I remember Bohdan as a classmate at Sidney Pratt Elementary in Mpls. I was so fascinated with him and with Lelde, a girl from Latvia. My horizons were broadened beyond the scope of SE Mpls. Those two classmates set the seed for me to learn other languages--German and French--and to travel to other countries including several Eastern European ones: Hungary, Estonia, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic,and East Germany.

Years later I actually saw Bohdan as he was selling Ukranian Easter eggs at a store near our current home. 

But I searched for Bohdan today, hoping to let him know I am sad about Russia's aggression in Ukraine. I pray for all of the people in the country but particularly those who lived through WWII and the many years under the Communist regime. My husband and I are acquainted with many good people who reside in the former East Germany. I imagine the Ukrainian people were as pleased with the fall of the USSR as the East Germans. 

In memory of a dear classmate, I pray.  Mary Killmer

 

Posted by Mary Welch Killmer
Friday February 25, 2022 at 1:55 pm
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