Posted on 01/31/2005 7:11:06 PM PST by TexKat
Varvara Yushchenko, mother of newly-elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, has died at the age of 88.
Varvara Yushchenko passed away after “a long and serious illness” in a hospital in the capital Kiev, where she spent the last few months, said a statement from the president’s press office.
After funeral rites in Kiev, Yushchenko will be buried in her hometown of Horyzhyvka, in Ukraine’s north, it said. The statement offered no other details.
A mathematics teacher, Varvara Yushchenko was born in 1918. Widowed for many years, she is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Dang, what else can happen to this guy?
glad she was around to see her baby boy elected Pres
Sad and true.
Thank you Mrs. Yushchenko for Viktor.
Prayers offered up for President Yushchenko and his family. May his mother rest in peace.
Did the Left try to kill her too?
I hope she didn't get some of that bad sushi that's been going around over there.
Goodness, that poor man has undergone his share of tragedy lately.
MAN I hope KGB have nothing do with it everybody on FR being reset the KGB
IF THEY Did might KGB fallen going after opporant MOM and killing her
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