copy and paste of the Obituarie that Sue wrote for the Toledo Blade

CREADY Vera M.
Vera M. Cready, age 60, of Perrysburg, passed away on April 4, 2005, at The Toledo Hospital. She graduated from Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1962. She then received her BA in History from the University of Massachusetts in 1966, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude. Vera went on to earn a Master in Education from The University of Toledo. She had a long and distinguished career as an educator. After 36 years of teaching special education in the Toledo Public School system, she retired in July of 2004. During her career, she was department chair for special education and building representative for the teachers of Rogers High School.

Vera was a devoted member of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church of Rossford and a lifetime member of the Ukrainian National Association. She was very active in the Ukrainian community. She enjoyed 24 consecutive summers with family and friends at Soyuzivka Ukrainian National Estate and Resort. She loved to travel and work on many crafts such as beadwork and knitting.

Vera was preceded in death by her parents, Gregory and Anastasia Mysyshyn. She is survived by her husband, Ronald Cready, and three daughters, Catherine, Susan (Bruin) and Christine. She is also survived by her sisters, Maryann Mysyshyn and Orysia Popovych, and many nieces and nephews. She will be sorely missed by the many people who loved her dearly.

Friends may call at the Reeb Funeral Home, 5712 N. Main St., Sylvania, on Friday, April 8, 2005, from 4-9 p.m. where the Parastas Prayer Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 135 Walnut St., Rossford, Reverend George Mullonkal officiating. Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 102454, Atlanta, GA 30368-2454.

Copy and paste of the staff written article for the Blade.

VERA M. CREADY, 1945-2005
Rogers teacher helped send aid to Ukraine

Vera M. Cready, 60, a special education teacher at Rogers High School for 26 years who was active in Ukrainian cultural and charitable groups, died Monday in Toledo Hospital.

Mrs. Cready, of Perrysburg and formerly of West Toledo, had cancer and an autoimmune liver disorder, her daughter Susan said.

She retired last July from Toledo Public Schools after 36 years in special education, first at Glendale-Feilbach Elementary School and then at Start High School.

At Rogers, she taught and was a former chairman of special education.

“She really enjoyed helping kids get the same opportunities and the same education,” her daughter said. “She was very patient, and she always was very good at explaining things. It was easy to understand things when Mom explained them to you.”

The last 2 1/2 years, she was building representative for the Toledo Federation of Teachers.

Mrs. Cready and her husband, Ronald, volunteered with the Anastasia Fund, begun by U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) to help Ukrainians in need and named after Miss Kaptur’s late mother.

Mrs. Cready “went out of her way to do what she could for people,” her husband said.

Mrs. Cready taught religious education at her church, St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic in Rossford, and Ukrainian language classes. For 24 consecutive summers, she and her family went to Soyuzivka, a Ukrainian-American resort in the Catskills.

“It was fun to be immersed in the culture and the traditions,” her daughter said.

Mrs. Cready was born in the former Czechoslovakia as her parents traveled away from Ukraine. The family lived in a West German displaced-persons camp until 1949, when they emigrated to the United States, settling in Springfield, Mass.

She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts. She worked for the U.S. government as program director of a military service club in South Korea. That’s where she met her husband, who was in the Army and who worked in the club off-duty.

Mrs. Cready later received a master’s degree in education from the University of Toledo.

Surviving are her husband, Ronald, whom she married Nov. 18, 1967; daughters, Catherine, Susan, and Christine Cready; and sisters, Maryann Mysyshyn and Orysia Popovych.

The body will be in the Reeb Mortuary, Sylvania, after 4 p.m. tomorrow, with a Parastas prayer service at 7:30 p.m. in the mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Rossford.

The family suggests tributes to the church or the American Cancer Society.

Sue’s mother, Vera, passed away today. She had just turned 60. Boy this sucks badly. Last winter she found out she had cirrhosis of the liver caused by her own immune system attacking her liver. Last month a scan revealed she had overran cancer. It was operated on and she had her first round of Chemo on March 25. Sue and I were at her parents over Easter and she seemed fine, but tired. Wednesday morning Ron was not able to wake her and she was rushed to the hospital. She has been in intensive care since then. She was a great woman who will be missed infinitely by everyone who knew her. Вічна Її Пам’ять!