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1968
Born 22 Jul
Vinnica, Ukraine
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1974
Began attending Vinnica Grammar School in Vinnica, Ukraine
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1982
Graduated from Vinnica Grammar School and began attending high school
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1985
Graduated from Vinnica High School
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1987
Graduated Yalta School for Waitress and Bartending, Yalta, Ukraine and started working at Restaurant Orvis in Sevastopol, Ukraine
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1987
Married Stanislav Baranovskyi Myrne, Ukraine
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1988
Daughter Lena born
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1989
Left Restaurant Orvis to attend Cooking School
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1992
Graduated from Sevastopol Technical School of Soviet Trade, Sevastopol, Ukraine with Cooking Degree
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1992
Returned to Restaurant Elephant to work as head chef
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1994
Began divorce with Stanislav Baranovskyi
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1999
Divorced from Stanislav Baranovskyi
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1999
Went with friend Inna to work at Restaurant Orvis as Waiter Supervisor
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1999
Bob Kruse, from USA, found Oksana on a Web Site looking for a husband and they began to write each other almost daily
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2000
Bob flew to Prague, Czech Republic where he met Oksana for the first time along with her daughter, Lena, and translator
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2002
Bob flew to Yalta, Ukraine where he spent 2 weeks with Oksana and Lena and asked Oksana to marry him
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2004
Bob flew to Yalta, Ukraine a second time to spend 2 more weeks with Oksana and Lena
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2006
Daughter Lena graduated high school and began attending medical school in Kiev, Ukraine
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2007
Oksana arrived in USA at the LaGuardia Airport, Chicago, IL and was met by Bob and taken back to his home in Hampton, IL
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2007
Bob Kruse married Oksana in Rock Island, IL
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2009
Oksana flew back home to visit her mother and daughter for the first time after being married to Bob
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2009
Passed away 5 Mar
Vinnica, Ukraine
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