- Date Of Death: September 7, 2008
- State: Connecticut
Myroslaw Trojan 82, of 90 Cherry Ave., Watertown, passed away Sept. 7, 2008 after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Nadia Perehiwsky Trojan. A longtime resident of Watertown, he was devoted to his family and active in many community organizations.
He was born Feb. 26, 1926 in Chodoriw, Ukraine, son of the late Cornelius Trojan & Nadia Stylowska. His father was a Doctor of Law, had a private practice and was a Senator and Representative to the Polish Parliament. His childhood ended abruptly in April, 1940 when, at age 14, he was forced to flee from his home at night so as to escape Soviet arrest and deportation. He was never to see his mother again, but was able to reunite with his father, return to school, and graduate from gymnasium in Lviv, Ukraine in 1944.After World War II, he obtained a scholarship to Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium, from which he graduated in 1952 with a diploma in electrical engineering. He worked in Brussels for 3 years as an engineer at the Bureau of Industrial Studies, where he was responsible for designing the central control for the electricity grid in Southern Belgium. In 1955, he came to New York City to join his father who was already residing in the U.S. While living in New York, Mr. Trojan married Nadia Perehiwsky on Sept. 1, 1957. He moved to Watertown with his family in 1961 to join U.S. Time Corp.
Besides his wife, Mr. Trojan is survived by four daughters, Dr. Daria Trojan of Montreal, Canada, Vera Trojan of Belmont, MA., Christina Trojan-Masnyk of Wheaton, IL. and Natalie Trojan of New York City; three sons-in-law, Dr. Andrey Cybulsky, Mark Carthy & Dr. Taras Masnyk; a sister, Halia in Ukraine; six granddaughters, five nieces & nephews and seven great nieces & nephews.
