Gitya was born in Kiev, Ukraine, daughter of Hilick and Hayka (Koretz) Barskiy. She was the beloved wife of the late Lev Tarnopolskiy with whom she shared 62 years of marriage. She was the loving mother of Dmitriy Tarnopolskiy of Akko, Israel and Larissa Mednikov of Marblehead; sister of Godik Barskiy of New York and the late Riva Berchenko and Fanya Bendersky; grandmother of Vladislav Tarnopolskiy, Dimitri Mednikov, Florina Shapkin and Yuri Mednikov; great-grandmother of Lian Shapkin and Yarin Shapkin.
A funeral service for Gitya will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 10:00am at Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel, 10 Vinnin Street, Salem, MA, with interment at Pride of Lynn Cemetery, 89 Lake Shore Road, Lynn, MA.
