Josephine Chychka

d. 1966
Josephine married Harry Alexander Kostash, son of Fedor Kostaszczuk and Anna Zwarych, in 1925.1

A new school was built in Willingdon, Alberta in 1928 and Harry and Josephine moved there when Harry got a job teaching high school grades in the four-room school. Harry taught at Willingdon for several years until he was appointed Inspector of Schools in Athabasca.1,2
Josephine died in 1966 at age at an unknown age .

Children of Josephine Chychka and Hryhory Kostaszczuk

  • June Kostash b. a 1925
  • Theodore Lawrence Kostash b. a 1925

Citations

  1. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), pp. 365-8.
  2. Harry Kostash obituary, Smoky Lake Signal, (Smoky Lake, Alberta), 9 July 1980, page unknown; transcribed article, Smoky Lake Signal (http://www.smokylake.com/history/schools/kostash.htm : accessed 3 January 2002).