Raisa Ichtiarow, 79, Devoted Mother

She was a devoted mother of George "Yurko" Ichtiarow of Reston, VA and Julia (Orest) Kolybabiuk of Helsinki, Finland, a sister Tamara Pohuliaj of Lorain, and grandmother of 2.

Loving wife of late Jury Ichtiarow., daughter of the late Mychajlo and Neonila (nee Udovychenko) Kowalenko.

Visitation will be held Friday, November 16, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. until time of Parastas at 7:00 p.m. in St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church, North 12th St. & Oak Lane Avenue, Philadelphia. The funeral service will be there Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Saint Andrew Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ.

Arrangements are being handled by Richard J. Reidy Funeral Home, 1783 East 31st Street, Lorain.