Translator, expatriate Lithuanian Vijole Arbas died Tradition

V. Arbas was born on April 13, 1945. In Germany, in a refugee camp, the place her mother and father retreated, retreating from the approaching Soviet military.

in 1948 the entire household moved to america.

V. Arbas obtained a bachelor’s diploma in sociology from Berkeley School, studied enterprise administration and advertising on the College of Hawaii, and was making ready to turn out to be an grownup educator.

She first got here to her mother and father’ homeland in 1987, and following Lithuania declared independence, she moved from the USA to stay in Lithuania and taught English at Vytautas the Nice College.

in 2019 V. Arbas turned a member of the Lithuanian Society of Campanologists “Societas campanarum Lituaniae” and joined the society’s actions as a translator.

A “rebellious optimist,” a modest extrovert, a fighter for freedom and respect, an exquisite dancer, a witty, typically biting grasp of humor, a “wild youngster,” a graduate of Berkeley and the College of Hawaii, a single mom who earned a grasp’s diploma within the Nineteen Seventies whereas elevating her son , fact teller with out filters, activist, academician, pedagogue, translator of greater than 30 tutorial books, rebuilder of Lithuania, an instance of freedom and inspiration for a lot of, awarded with the “Knight’s Cross of the Order of Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania”, Dame Vijolė Elena Arbas began a journey to the world of ancestors and family members, residing a vibrant, unbiased and galvanizing life that touched many…”, with these phrases her son Jonas Kimo Arbas accompanied V. Arbas on her final journey.