Roman Paul Fodchuk

On February 4, 2021, Roman Paul Fodchuk passed away in North Vancouver, B.C., just days before his 90th birthday. He was born February 22, 1931 to Michael and Nancy Fodchuk in Hairy Hill, Alberta, as the oldest of fourteen children. Graduating from Hairy Hill High School, he went on to earn many degrees: a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) at the University of Alberta in 1954, a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1959, and a Master of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University in 1963, as well as undertaking post-graduate studies in Arid Lands Resource Sciences at the University of Arizona in 1985. Roman was a life-long learner, with a continuing, deeply held interest in the land, and the plant and insect life that thrive upon it.

Roman is survived by his daughters, Kathryn Dobbin of Burnaby, B.C., Laura Neville (Ferguson Neville) of North Vancouver, B.C., Ramona Fodchuk of Calgary, Alberta, and grandchildren Lewis and Jasmine Dobbin of Burnaby, B.C.and Mason and Spencer Neville of North Vancouver, B.C. Roman is also survived by his siblings: Alice Yurko of Vegreville, Alberta; Olga (Steve Orleski) of Two Hills, Alberta; Nestor (Lila) of Invermere, B.C.; Alexander (Rose) of Edmonton, Alberta; Victor (Sylvia) of Hairy Hill, Alberta; Victoria (Ken Georgson) of Olds, Alberta; Steven (Jean) of Hairy Hill, Alberta; Stephanie Kofalt of Surrey, B.C.; Paul of Edmonton, Alberta; and Maxine (Allen Melnyk) of Edmonton, Alberta, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and many more relatives.

Roman is predeceased by his loving parents Michael and Nancy, his beloved wife Adeline, a baby sister Iris, brothers Taras and Bohdan, brothers-in-law Kost Yurko and Alois Kofalt, and nephews Mitchell and Donnie Yurko.

After earning his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1954, Roman took a job as District Agriculturist with the Alberta Department of Agriculture in Two Hills County District, Myrnam and Two Hills, Alberta. Never one to stay still for long, he returned to school to study landscape architecture in Berkeley, California. He then became a landscape architect with Lawrence Halperin and Associates in San Francisco, California in 1957, followed by a position as Landscape Planning Officer and Chief, Landscape Planning Section, with the National Parks Branch in Ottawa, Ontario in 1959. In 1965, Roman was an Associate Professor at the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph, Ontario. He then returned to Ottawa in 1967, working as Chief of the Landscape Architecture Division of the National Capital Commission. In 1970, Roman worked as the Assistant Director, Planning and Development, for the Western Region of Parks Canada. He then created his own landscape architecture firm in 1975, Roman Fodchuk and Associates, with offices in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. Of the many projects undertaken by his firm, Roman paid homage to his roots through participating in the development of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village in Elk Island National Park, Alberta. One of his proudest accomplishments was writing _Zhorna: Material Culture of the Ukrainian Pioneers_ in 2006.

Throughout his life, Roman had a keen interest in many things; he especially enjoyed working on his Model T Fords, collecting antique cameras, tools, and avidly reading books of All manor of topic. It also seemed he could grow just about anything he set his hand to. He participated actively in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as a member of the Order of St

Andrew at St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox congregation in Calgary, Alberta.

A virtual funeral service for Roman was held at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Vancouver on Thursday, February 11, 2021, memorial yet to be determined.

Link to service: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/679676573