Olga Alexenko, Lindsborg
Obituary for Olga Bindos Alexenko | Ryan Mortuary
October 19, 1923 ~ August 19, 2021 (age 97)
LINDSBORG, KS - Olga Bindos Alexenko, formerly of Salina, passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at Bethany Village in Lindsborg, Kansas. She was 97 years old.
Olga is survived by her son Michael Alexenko and his partner Shelly Beech; four grandchildren, Fred Salazar, Brianna Salazar, Cory Bieber, Nikolas Alexenko; and two great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her parents Dimian Bindos and Natalka Trofimovna Bindos, her brothers Korniy, Sergey and Mitia Bindos; her husband Alex Alexenko and her children Olga Nadine Salazar, Mary Ann Valentina Bieber, and John Victor Alexenko.
Olga was born on October 19, 1923, in Velyka Burimka, Ukraine. Her life was disrupted by WWII when she was taken to Austria and placed in a Nazi work camp. Post-war she was moved to the Kapfenberg Displaced Persons Transit Camp in Austria where she married Alex Alexenko. While waiting for the opportunity to emigrate, Olga Nadine was born. Through the support of the Brethren Church, she and her little family found their way to New York, after which the Evangelical Covenant Church provided them a home on a farm near Lindsborg, Kansas. A few years later Olga and her growing family moved to Salina, Kansas.
As her children grew up, Olga began working at Tony’s Pizza in a variety of production roles for nearly two decades. In retirement Olga would read, fish, spend time at the senior center and tend to her magnificent vegetable and flower gardens. She enjoyed watching old westerns and British comedies. Olga always enjoyed a good joke, prank, or a good story. Laughter and sharing will be how many will remember her.
Visitation will be 1:00-8:00 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 25 at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. 8th Street, Salina. A funeral service for Olga is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 26, at the First Covenant Church, 2625 Magnolia, Salina, Kansas. It will be immediately followed by a graveside burial at Gypsum Hill Cemetery.
Flowers are welcome and can be sent to Ryan Mortuary, along with condolences. If desired, contributions instead may be sent to Bethany Village, Lindsborg, Kansas, in memory of Olga Alexenko.
The family would like to express their thanks for the wonderful and compassionate care given by the entire staff of Bethany Village as well as Kindred Hospice.
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