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Melanie Horn Struk, 94, of North Haven passed away peacefully on April 15 at the Quinnipiac Valley Center, Wallingford. She was the beloved wife of 70 years to the late Peter Struk. Melanie was born in Pschoblik, Bohemia, Germany (but to her it was known as “Sudeten Land”) on Dec. 26, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Anna Hema Horn.

She was a long-time member of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, New Haven. Melanie was an avid gardener who loved flowers, but her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren whom she loved unconditionally.

She was the mother of Peter H. (Victoria) Struk and the late Anna E. Struk. She was the grandmother of Peter A. Struk and Sarah Struk; and the sister of Anne Johannes and the late Giesela Doblasch, Luise Liebing, and Helmut Horn.

A funeral service was conducted in the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Ave., April 18. Family and friends called until the time of the service. Interment followed in All Saints Cemetery. For an online obituary, visit www.northhavenfuneral.com.