Taras Yuryevich Martinuk, 74, passed away on April 26, 2024 at University Hospital due to complications caused by multiple myeloma. He was born on March 13, 1950 in Solomka, Ukraine to Yury and Christina and was third of seven children.

Taras is survived by his loving wife Inna, sons Oleg [Otilia] and Dimitri [Melissa], grandchildren Kajsa, Leora, Joseph, Pyotr, Pavel, Ivan, Adelaide, and Leena, brother Victor (Tonya), sisters Svetlana (Nikolay), Halina (Victor), and Valentina (Mike), as well as plethora of nieces and nephews.

Taras began his career after getting out of the Army in 1970 and worked as a merchant marine in a fleet on the Black Sea. In 1976 he moved to Siberia to work on an oil rig. He met his wife, Inna Vorobyeva, after joining a ballroom dance studio and they were married on November 17, 1978. Shorty after, they moved to Ukraine and he became a father of Oleg in 1980. Two years later they moved to the Caucasus Region and he had his second child Dimitri. He worked as a heavy machine operator and enjoyed leading backpacking trips with his wife in the Caucasus mountains as mountaineering guides. In 1993 he moved his family to Parma, OH and began a new life as a machinist at Voss Industries until he retired in 2018, the same year in which he began his battle with multiple myeloma.

Through the years he enjoyed playing chess, gardening, remodeling, volleyball, dirt biking, and playing hockey. He always felt young and loved being outside. In his retirement he learned how to unicycle and inspired youth to progress. He enjoyed playing with his grandkids and going to their hockey games.

Taras was admired for his eagerness to help others and will be remembered for his desire to grow, play sports with and encourage younger generations. He will be missed more than words can say.

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