Saratoga Springs, NY - Lidia Bazar, 86, passed away Monday evening, June 1, 2015. Born in Borislau, Ukraine in 1928, she was the daughter of Mykola and Anastazia Seniw. She attended high school in Ukraine and college in Germany. Following World War II, she immigrated to the United States in 1950 with her parents, and brother, Michael Babiak, and his wife, Stephania. The post-war freedom and opportunities America offered to her and her family was an important theme for her, which she always remembered. Lidia settled with her parents in Amsterdam, New York. As a young woman, she worked as a medical technologist at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady. She was married in 1953 to Myron Bazar, whom she met in Amsterdam. Together they opened two successful businesses, the Mohawk Motel and the Tepee Restaurant on Main Street in Amsterdam. In 1990, they retired and moved to Saratoga Springs, New York. Lidia was a great art lover, collector and an accomplished artist. Her friendly, outgoing personality and love for design, culture, architecture, and the arts provided tremendous inspiration to all her friends and family. She loved to travel, garden, play tennis, dance and attend fund-raising benefits in support of many Saratoga Springs charities. Lidia also devoted a great deal of her time to her family. She is survived by her loving family: her husband of 62 years, Myron Bazar; two devoted sons, Peter Bazar and his partner Veronica Nemethy and Walter Bazar and wife Suzan Nolan of Saratoga Springs; nephews and nieces: Lubomyr Babiak and wife Kathleen of Rego Park NY, Orest Babiak of Amsterdam NY, John Babiak and wife, Dr. Maya Bunik Babiak and their three children, Larissa, Marko and Nicholas, of Denver CO and her cousins: Titus and Elizabeth Hewryk of Hunter NY, Peter, Roman, Daria, Andrij, Maryna, Daryna, Martha and Eugene Pilkiw of Toronto, Canada and Halyna, John, Danya and Maya Pankiw of Toronto, Canada. A memorial service will be held at 10:30am Saturday, June 20, 2015 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 2410 4th Ave., Watervliet, NY and at 11am Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at St. Clements Roman Catholic Church, 231 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs NY 12866. In lieu of flowers, the Bazar Family prefers donations to a fund for Ukrainian humanitarian and family relief in memory of Lidia Bazar; remembrances can be made by check, payable to "UCC of Rochester", annotated as "Help for Ukraine in Memory of Lidia Bazar", and mailed to the Ukrainian Cultural Center of Rochester, 1040 Jackson Road, Webster NY 14580, or online via www.uccofrochester.org/donate.html, annotated as "Help for Ukraine in Memory of Lidia Bazar". Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (518-584-5373). Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com