At the age of 95, a former Pharmacist and Pathology Lab Technician at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, New York.  Oresta was born to the late Olha (nee Lytvynchuk) and Iwan Sawczuk in Ukraine.

She was a devoted mother of Roman (Oksana) Porodko, Marta Pereyma, Ihor Pereyma and the late Lubomyr Pereyma. Beloved grandmother of Dr. Elizabeth (Mark) Melnychuk and loving great grandmother of Alexander Lubomyr Melnychuk.

Family will be present Friday from 4 - 8 PM at the PIETSZAK FUNERAL HOME, 2400 William St. (near Harlem) where Panachyda Service will be held Friday at 7 PM and Saturday at 10 AM followed by a Funeral Liturgy at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (Fillmore at Oneida Street) at 10:45 AM.

Interment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, New York.