Maria Batruch

April 4, 2025

Maria Batruch, passed away on April 4th in Fairfax, Virginia , surrounded by her family.

Born in Ciezkowice, Poland in 1932 to Ukrainian parents Nicolai Sarabura and Agata (Krut) Sarabura. Only a few short years later Germany invaded Poland, and her family was moved to Wielowies where the family shared a house with German occupants.

At an early age she helped support her family as a seamstress and an opera singer. In 1966 when a bachelor came to her village looking for a wife that would be willing to move to the United States, she took a chance in hopes of having a better life and to continue to support her family. She sent many care packages in hopes that her new found opportunity in America could lessen the burdens of life back home.

Maria retired from Niagara Mohawk in 1994 after many years as a maintenance worker. To keep herself busy during retirement she enjoyed many hours of gardening and would share the fruits of her labor with friends and family. After a few years of retirement she return to work for the Syracuse branch of the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union where she worked for 12 years

She was predeceased by her parents, husband, Peter, her first born child Bogdan and her siblings- Stephan and Roman. Surviving to cherish her memory are her daughter, Bogdana (Donna) and her husband Dave Dempsey, her grandson, Matthew Dempsey and her granddaughter, Natalia Dempsey Nagawiecki and her husband Szymon Nagawiecki , all of Northern Virginia.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:00 am in th St. John the Baptist Ukrainain Catholic Cemetery Chapel, 100 Salisbury Road, Syracuse with burial to follow.