Obituary of June Meaden

June Kulyk Meaden June Meaden, of Erie, passed away at her home on Saturday, May 19, 2012, surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with lymphoma. Born Fanny June Kulyk on June 20, 1932 in Albion, she was the youngest child of Nykoloi and Fanny Chytrak Kulyk. June was the Senior Class President of the Albion High School Class of 1950. In 1953, she became a Registered Nurse on graduation from the St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing in Erie. Her early working career was spent in Cleveland, Ohio, where for a time she worked in the Emergency Room of University Hospital. Later she was the office nurse for Dr. Donald Kelly, team physician of the Cleveland Indians. She treated many of the Indian greats of that and earlier eras, including Bob Feller, Herb Score, and Tris Speaker. It was while in Cleveland that she met the love of her life, Paul Meaden, to whom she was married at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Pageville, on September 26, 1959. Early in their marriage they lived in Broadview Heights, Ohio before settling permanently in Erie in 1966. She retired as a nursing supervisor in 1995 from Pleasant Ridge Manor in Girard, after 27 years of service. After retirement, June and Paul were active volunteers at the Emmaus Soup kitchen. Also, for many years she and other members of the Altar Society of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of Erie, prepared traditional foods, including their famous pirogues, for sale as fund raisers for the Parish. In addition to her parents, June was preceded in death by two sisters, Eva Pacak and Anna Kulyk, and two brothers, Michael Kulyk and John Kulyk. She is survived by her husband, Paul, daughter, Laura Meaden Frey, and husband, Jim, of Murrysville, daughter, Barbara Meaden, of Erie, grandsons; Matthew and Alex Frey, of Murrysville, and sister-in-law, Jean (Michael) Kulyk, of West Springfield. In addition she will be greatly missed by her many nieces and nephews who loved her very much. Friends may call at the Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 4216 Sterrettania Rd. on Wednesday, May 23rd from 2 to 4 and 7 until Parastas Service at 8:30 p.m. A funeral liturgy will be held at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church officiated by Father Donald Valasek, Pastor and assisted by the Very Reverend Protopresbyter Ronald A. Huzuda, 1123 East Avenue, Erie, on Thursday, May 24th at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at St. Nicholas Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 1123 East Avenue, Erie, PA 16506. Enhance your memorial with a slideshow and video