Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Dmitry Shgeyko

Nov. 10, 1926 - Feb. 16, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 2/19/2008
SOUTH BEND - Dmitry Sheyko, 81, of South Bend, passed away Saturday evening, February 16, 2008, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. Dmitry was born in Russia on November 10, 1926, a son of the late Kuzma and Tatiyna Sheyko. He left Russia at the age of 15 and came to the United States in the early 1950s, settling in Chicago.

 

On September 1, 1957, Dmitry married Alexandria Chesnokova, and they lived in Chicago until moving to South Bend in 1970. Dmitry retired from Parrish Machine Company, a place he truly loved working. He enjoyed vegetable gardening, playing cards and was a handyman around the house. Dmitry was a practical person and a mathematician at heart. His family was the center of his life. Dmitry's surviving family includes his wife of 50 years, Alexandria of South Bend; four children, Michael (Judy) Sheyko of Mishawaka, Tania (Steven) O'Dell of Osceola, Alexander Sheyko of North Liberty, Iowa, and Peter (Mary Jane) Sheyko of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 13 grandchildren, Johnathon, Benjamin, Mason, Kelsie, Jordan, Tessa, Adam, Natasha, Matthew, Jacob, Katherine, Kristin and Julia; and two great-grandchildren, Emersynn and Bronson. Dmitry was preceded in death by several sisters and a brother.

 

Friends may spend time with Dmitry's family today (Tuesday) from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Thallemer, Goethals & Wells Funeral Home, 503 West Third Street, Mishawaka. Services will be held Wednesday at 12 noon in the funeral home chapel, with Father Mile Subotic officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka.