Raisa Puhacz passed away peacefully on September 27, 2022, in her home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Ihor Puhacz and Stephanie Hnatiw.

Raisa was born on May 19th, 1986 at Allentown Hospital. She attended Mercy School for Special Learning and TLC, Allentown, Pennsylvania. She made her Holy Communion at Saint Josephat's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was featured in Exceptional Parent Magazine, Education Update Magazine, and the newspaper America.

Raisa is survived by her Aunt Olga Hnatiw (Theodore Kulczycky), Uncle James (Wasyl) Hnatiw (Carol), Uncle Wasyl Puhacz (Mary Ann), and the late Aunt Maria Lesia Paszkowsky (George), and by many cousins and family members in Buffalo, Cazenovia, Georgia, Connecticut, Chicago, Hamilton, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, and Lviv and Kryviy Rih, Ukraine.

She was predeceased by her grandparents Anastasia (nee Teplycky) and Petro Puhacz, Maria (nee Borszcz) and Michael Hnatiw.

The family will be present on Friday, September 30th, 2022, from 4-7 pm at the Pietszak Funeral Home, 2400 William Street (near Harlem), where Panachyda Service will be held at 6:30 PM, and Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at 8:30 AM. Followed by a Funeral Liturgy at Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Fillmore at Oneida Street at 9 am.

Memorials may be made to Mercy School for Special Learning 830 South Woodward Street Allentown, PA 18103.

Burial will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, in Cheektowaga, New York.