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November 10, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to SS. Peter and Paul RO Cathedral, Third Street in Passaic where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Service will be held.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest with her husband, Emanuel Misechko at SS Peter and Paul RO Cemetery in Saddle Brook.
Olga “Ollie” Misechko (nee Tkach) age 87 of Wayne on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at CareOne at Wayne. Her passing was quiet and peaceful after having received the loving devotion of her family and many friends, who spent much time with her at her bedside.
Ollie was born in Passaic to Joseph and Anna Tkach. Anna immigrated to America from Czechoslovakia in 1904 at age 16. Anna’s life in her homeland was very difficult. After Anna’s mother had died and her father remarried, Anna was not allowed to attend school, but instead worked as a farmhand and slept on straw behind a stove. When she had the chance to borrow a passport and travel to America, she bravely left her home and came to Passaic to live with friends of her family, who had arrived here before her.
It was because of her mother’s courage to find a better life that Ollie had the opportunity to live the American Dream. Her mother, Anna, met her father, Joseph, here and they set up their home in Clifton. The family spoke Russian at home. Tragically, Ollie’s father was hit and killed by a car in 1930, so Anna had to raise her four children on her own. This proved difficult, as it was the Great Depression and Anna did not speak, read or write in English.
Ollie was very proud of her family’s heritage with their church, Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Passaic. Her father was one of twelve Trustees that had founded the church. Three generations of Ollie’s family have been born, baptized, married and some buried from this church.
Ollie was born at home in 1922 in Passaic and soon after moved to Clifton, where she grew up. She received her formal education at Clifton High School, graduating with the Class of 1940. Her husband, Emanuel (“Manny”) was her classmate. As her mother had no formal education, her family was very proud that Ollie continued her education at New York University.
In 1958, Ollie and Manny purchased a wooded lot and built their house in Wayne. Her mother Anna told Ollie she was moving “into the woods” and that she needed to add a front and back porch onto her new house.
Her first job at age 17 was with the lending office at the prestigious London Terrace Gardens in New York City. Ollie later worked for defense contractor Curtis Wright in NJ, where she served as a secretary. The rules of employment under the umbrella of the defense industry would not allow her to quit her position, so she enlisted in the Navy to escape the job. She served as a Yoeman third class from July 1944 until her discharge in Washington D.C. on December 21, 1945. Ironically, her husband Manny was discharged from the Navy on the same day, but in San Francisco. Ollie always said it was fate the brought her to the discharge office on December 22, 1945. It was there on the steps that she reconnected with her former classmate, Emanuel Misechko, as he was coming out with his friend. They dated for two and a half years, and were married on May 29, 1948. Manny’s passing in April 2003 was their first separation after 55 loving, devoted years of marriage.
Surviving are one daughter, Sue Malanga and her husband Gregg of Wayne; two cherished grand children Sarah and Michaela Malanga of Wayne; and one son, Michael Misechko.
She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Anna Tkach; two sisters Anna Cherewaty and Maria Samowich; and one brother Joseph Tkach Jr.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Olga’s memory are asked to consider St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 322 N. Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105-2729.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Funeral services will be held Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to SS. Peter and Paul RO Cathedral, Third Street in Passaic where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Service will be held.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest with her husband, Emanuel Misechko at SS Peter and Paul RO Cemetery in Saddle Brook.
November 10, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to SS. Peter and Paul RO Cathedral, Third Street in Passaic where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Service will be held.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
She will be laid to rest with her husband, Emanuel Misechko at SS Peter and Paul RO Cemetery in Saddle Brook.
Olga “Ollie” Misechko (nee Tkach) age 87 of Wayne on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at CareOne at Wayne. Her passing was quiet and peaceful after having received the loving devotion of her family and many friends, who spent much time with her at her bedside.
Ollie was born in Passaic to Joseph and Anna Tkach. Anna immigrated to America from Czechoslovakia in 1904 at age 16. Anna’s life in her homeland was very difficult. After Anna’s mother had died and her father remarried, Anna was not allowed to attend school, but instead worked as a farmhand and slept on straw behind a stove. When she had the chance to borrow a passport and travel to America, she bravely left her home and came to Passaic to live with friends of her family, who had arrived here before her.
It was because of her mother’s courage to find a better life that Ollie had the opportunity to live the American Dream. Her mother, Anna, met her father, Joseph, here and they set up their home in Clifton. The family spoke Russian at home. Tragically, Ollie’s father was hit and killed by a car in 1930, so Anna had to raise her four children on her own. This proved difficult, as it was the Great Depression and Anna did not speak, read or write in English.
Ollie was very proud of her family’s heritage with their church, Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Passaic. Her father was one of twelve Trustees that had founded the church. Three generations of Ollie’s family have been born, baptized, married and some buried from this church.
Ollie was born at home in 1922 in Passaic and soon after moved to Clifton, where she grew up. She received her formal education at Clifton High School, graduating with the Class of 1940. Her husband, Emanuel (“Manny”) was her classmate. As her mother had no formal education, her family was very proud that Ollie continued her education at New York University.
In 1958, Ollie and Manny purchased a wooded lot and built their house in Wayne. Her mother Anna told Ollie she was moving “into the woods” and that she needed to add a front and back porch onto her new house.
Her first job at age 17 was with the lending office at the prestigious London Terrace Gardens in New York City. Ollie later worked for defense contractor Curtis Wright in NJ, where she served as a secretary. The rules of employment under the umbrella of the defense industry would not allow her to quit her position, so she enlisted in the Navy to escape the job. She served as a Yoeman third class from July 1944 until her discharge in Washington D.C. on December 21, 1945. Ironically, her husband Manny was discharged from the Navy on the same day, but in San Francisco. Ollie always said it was fate the brought her to the discharge office on December 22, 1945. It was there on the steps that she reconnected with her former classmate, Emanuel Misechko, as he was coming out with his friend. They dated for two and a half years, and were married on May 29, 1948. Manny’s passing in April 2003 was their first separation after 55 loving, devoted years of marriage.
Surviving are one daughter, Sue Malanga and her husband Gregg of Wayne; two cherished grand children Sarah and Michaela Malanga of Wayne; and one son, Michael Misechko.
She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Anna Tkach; two sisters Anna Cherewaty and Maria Samowich; and one brother Joseph Tkach Jr.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Olga’s memory are asked to consider St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 322 N. Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105-2729.
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