Obituary of Yanina Y. Swiat

YANINA Y. SWIAT May 26, 1923 - February 9, 2014 Bullville, NY Yanina Y. Swiat, 90, a lifelong resident of Bullville and recent resident of Valley View Rehabilitation Center in Goshen, NY entered into rest on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 90. The daughter of the late Stefania Duokic and Bronislav Yaskorsynski, she was born on May 26, 1923 in Kielce, Poland. During the Second World War, she met her future husband in a German work camp and together they immigrated to the U.S. to begin a new life. Yanina was a fiercely devout Catholic who believed that her faith helped her survive being taken from her home and family by the German army when she was only 16 years old and guided her to a safe haven in the U.S. Yanina was a homemaker and her devotion to her family was evident in everything she did, from her sewing talents to her marvelous Polish cooking. She was a solid moral compass for her children and her beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren. Survivors include her son, Andrew Swiat and wife, Denise of Bullville; daughter, Henia Zanetti and husband, Michael, of Ormond Beach, FL; son, Krystof Swiat and wife, Susan of Bullville; nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Several relatives also survive in Canada, Australia and Europe. Yanina was predeceased by her husband, Stefan Swiat and her daughters, Cecelia Swiat Valada and MaryAnn Swiat. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the William M. Gagan Funeral Home Inc., 1525 Burlingham Road, Pine Bush, NY. A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday February 14, 2014 at 1 p.m. at St. Paul's RC Church, 2800 State Rte 17K, Bullville, NY with Fr. Sean Harlow, O.Carm officiating. Burial will take place in New Prospect Cemetery, Pine Bush. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Bullville Fire Dept., PO Box 225, Bullville, NY. 10915 or the Pine Bush Volunteer Ambulance Corp., PO Box 407, Pine Bush, NY 12566. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the William M. Gagan Funeral Home Inc. www.wmgaganfuneralhome.com