Theodore Tyminsky

Theodore Ivanovich Tyminsky [Федір Іванович Тимінський], (b. August 15, 1898, in Ukraine; d. October 11, 1969, in Oneida, NY). Theodore Tyminsky was born in Ukraine in 1898. He earned his music degree in Kamianets-Podilskіy (Khmelnytsky oblast). Following WWII, he spent time in the German DP camp in Regensburg before coming to the U.S. He arrived at the port of Boston on May 5, 1949, and continued on to Cleveland, where he was hired as director of the “Bandurist” Choir of St. Vladimir UOC. A few years later, he relocated to Youngstown, Ohio, and directed the choir at SS. Peter and Paul UOC before moving to Coatesville, Pennsylvania, to direct at Holy Ghost UOC. Tyminsky died in 1969 and is buried in St. Andrew Cemetery in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

ca. 1947: DP camp (Regensburg, Germany).

1949: Came to America.

1949: Director of the “Bandurist” Choir at St. Vladimir UOC (Cleveland, Ohio).

1953: Choir director at SS. Peter and Paul UOC (Youngstown, Ohio).

1955: Choir director at Holy Ghost UOC (Coatesville, Pennsylvania).