Dad lighting a candle for granddaughter Loralei's Batmitzvah
Dad's dancing
Dad's photos
Dad's 50th Birthday
Loralei Sirota
16w
Girl grandpa
Petya always raised girls and he loved to carry us around
In loving memory
Pyotr (Петр) Iosifovich (Йосифович) Vilkher (Вильхер)
August 28, 1948 – July 7, 2020
Lived 71 years
Old Montefiore · Queens, NY
Life story
Born in Vinitsa, Ukraine.
Married to Elizaveta Vilkher. Two daughters, Anna and Inessa. Immigrated to the US in 1990. Four grandchildren Nicole, Robert, Loralei and Milada.
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The world Pyotr knew
Family milestones in gold, history for context
1948
Born August 28
1949
Pyotr was 1 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1958
Pyotr was 10 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Pyotr was 15 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1970
Married
1971
Daughter born
1976
Pyotr was 28 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1979
Daughter born
1982
Pyotr was 34 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1990
Immigrated to US
1994
Pyotr was 46 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Pyotr was 57 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Pyotr was 62 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2020
Passed away July 7, age 71
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Loralei Sirota
16w
The best grandpa
Petya & Lora at Lora’s first birthday party
Inessa Vilkher
123w
Mom and dad; love of a lifetime
Anna’s photo
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