Columbia - Funeral service for Dusan Cosic’Cuk will be held at St. Elizabeth the New-Martyr Orthodox Church, (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia) Columbia, South Carolina, 1703 Shull St., West Columbia Wednesday, January 4th at 11 am with internment following at Saints Mary and Martha Monastery in Wagener. The Liturgy for the departed will begin at 9 am Wednesday. The Vigil and Panakhida will be Tuesday at 7 pm also at the church. The Very Rev. Mark T. Mancuso, Rector will be officiating the services.
Mr. Cuk died January 1st, 2012.
Born in Sisik Yugoslavia on February 3rd 1926, Dusan was the son of the late Djorge Cosic-Cuk and Vera Decombria.
He joined Special Forces and fought in WWII at the age of 15.
In 1951 he came to America, settling in Chicago where he was employed by the Charles Munday Company starting as a general warehouse worker eventually retiring early at age 56 as Senior V.P.
He then traveled to Marshall, N.C. to pursue his love of woodworking, where he met and married Jeanne F. Bauknight.
He is a lifelong member of Serbian/Russian Christian Orthodox Church and has his talent in woodwork adorning many of these churches.
He is survived by his wife of twenty-eight years; Jeanne F. Bauknight of Columbia, seven stepchildren: Christine Schwenker of Lexington, Brian Cunningham of Columbia, Luci Allen of Asheville, N.C.; Hank Cunningham of Cayce, Chuck Cunningham of Fairview, N.C.; Salli Cunningham of Savannah, Ga.; Glenn Cunningham of Tampa, Fla.; fifteen step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren.
Officiating pallbearers are Godsons Quartus Hart, Joshua Shaw, Johnathan Vilord, Zaccheus Gordon, Nicholas Cunningham and Maximos Locke.
