CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP Olga Grabania, 85, died suddenly Jan. 17 at the Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly. Born in Monessen, Pa., Ms. Grabania lived most of her life as a Chesterfield Township resident.
She retired in 1975 after 30 years service as an elementary school teacher with the Hamilton Township school district. She earned her teaching credentials with a bachelor’s degree from Trenton State College and continued to earn her master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1943.
Daughter of the late Damian and Ustinne Sholtys Grabania, sister of the late Julia Tripp, Maria Wyckoff and Theodora Grabania, she is survived by her sister, Martha G. Moldovan of Bordentown Township; three nieces, Nancy, Tara and Lauren Moldovan; and three nephews, Jeffrey, Bruce and Philip Moldovan.
Funeral services were conducted Monday in St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Catholic Church with Father Eugene Vansuch, pastor, and Father Paul Shafran, pastor emeritus, co-officiating. Burial was in St. Vladimir’s church cemetery, Hamilton Township. Arrangements were under the direction of the Winowicz Funeral Home, Adeline and Beatty streets, South Trenton.
