- Date Of Death: March 15, 2007
- State: Connecticut
Halyna Makarenko Lobay, 87, of 873 Orange Center Road, Orange, passed away in Yale New Haven Hospital March 15, 2007. She was the beloved wife of Ivan Lobay. Mrs. Lobay, daughter of the late Petro & Maria Makarenko, was born in Ukraine (Kuban) Sept. 1, 1919. She was a research librarian at Beinecke Rare Book Library of Yale University and worked as an economist abroad. Beside her husband, she is survived by 2 daughters, Maria Lobay of Orange and Halyna Vitagliano, MD and her husband, Francis of Boston. Also survived by her grand daughter, Michaela Vitagliano of Boston. Predeceased by a sister, Ludmila Poczynok and a brother, Boris Makarenko.