Vera Chumak Lulka, 84 of Cheshire, CT and North Port, FL, the widow of Paul Lulka, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009 in Skyview Center in Wallingford. Born December 7, 1924 in Ukraine to the late Trofim Chumak and Natalie Shcherbina. She was very active in churches in Bridgeport, CT, Millville, NJ and North Port, FL. Her passion of singing in the choir and involvement in the sisterhoods of these churches will be remembered and missed by many. Survivors include a son Nicholas Lulka and his wife Vera of Fairfield, 2 daughters Lillian Falko and her husband Walter of Bethany, and Luba Gernat and her husband Robert of Cheshire; 8 grandchildren Alice, Larissa and Cole Lulka, Christopher Gernat, Elizabeth Montgomery, Natalie and Stephanie Falko, and Katherine LaLonde and a great-grandson Benjamin Botsford: her brother Nicholas Chumak of Stratford and a nephew Justin T. Chumak. Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 9:15am in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford and at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, York Street, Bridgeport. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Tuesday from 4-7pm. Panachida will be at 5pm.