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Natalia Chorew, 68, of Harrison

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Natalia Chorew, 68, of Harrison, died Dec. 17 (2019). A celebration of life will be arranged by the family at a later date. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of the Hills, 501 E. Sherman, Harrison, Ark. 72601.

She was born on May 30, 1951, in Belgium. She arrived with her family at Ellis Island on the USS United States in 1953 and became a naturalized citizen on March 22, 1962. She grew up in Totowa, New Jersey, and attended Passaic Valley High School, graduating in 1969.

Natalia was a lover of music and nature. She attended the Woodstock festival in 1969. A part of the Back-to-the-Land Movement, she relocated to the Erbie/Tom Thumb area of Newton County in 1979 and always called it, “the center of the universe.” She was a dedicated caregiver to countless patients during her career with the Hospice of the Hills and other agencies that care for aging family members.

She is survived by four children, Jessica Cerra-Caplan, her husband Sam, and their son Eli, of Bentonville, Christine Ruff, her husband Justin, and her son Tyler, of Harrison, Nick Cerra, of Fayetteville and Tasha Joseph and her sons Raven and Alek, of Harrison. She also leaves her parents Aleksandra and Wladimir Chorew of Connecticut and her four siblings: Anatole Chorew, of Connecticut, Lillie Hardy, of Alabama, Helen Hamilton, of Missouri and Vera Van Beek, of Pennsylvania.



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