Mila Sinyak

Mila Nichole Sinyak, age 64, of Houston, Texas, passed away in her home in Missouri City, Texas on Friday, July 24th, 2015. Mila was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on January 25, 1951. She was the only daughter born to Klara and Nikolay Vaserman. She graduated from the Zhytomyr Music College in Ukraine. She met the love of her on New Year's Eve 1969, and one year and nine months later married Boris Sinyak. September 1971 saw the arrival of their first child Radislav and six years later in September 1977 their second child Timur. In 1978 Mila and Boris made the decision to fight for permission to immigrate to the United States as refugees, through all their efforts they finally made it to Houston, Texas in August 1980. While getting their lives together in Houston, Mila quickly realized that she needed a stronger degree than that from a music school so she took night classes at Houston Community College in 1982 and then furthered her education at the University of Houston Professional Development program in 1990. Mila turned those degrees into a long and storied career working on various engineering project throughout Houston and Texas. She had over 30 years of design and drafting experience encompassing platting, computation, structural, civil, electrical, graphics, and related engineering fields. She worked a majority of her career at Turner Collie and Braden, currently AECOM. Her last position was as a Platting Coordinator. During her career she touched a number of lives and made lifelong friendships. Mila resided in Houston originally but moved to Missouri City, Texas in 1990. She had many hobbies such as playing the piano, traveling to far off places with her family and then with her husband, and in the latter part of her life she became an inspired painter. Her passion for travel took her many places throughout the USA on road trips with her children, then to farther destination such as Canada, Mexico, South America, the Caribbean and all over Europe, even back to her home country of Ukraine. Her creativity and passion for painting can be traced back to her parents who were artists in their own right. Her father created works of art from leather and her mother sang at every possible occasion. She lived her life for her children, and then once the grandchildren arrived, she threw herself 100% into being grandmother of the year. My mother had a spirit about her unlike anyone else I have ever met. She had a zest for life, a desire to make things better for those around her and more love to give than any one person could receive. She made it a point to surround herself with amazing friends and family. This was truly evident in the last weeks of her life when she welcomed numerous visitors with open arms, spent time with everyone who came by, and even found time to help a former colleague land a better job opportunity with her referral. She is survived by her husband, Boris Sinyak, her children, Rad Sinyak and his wife Natasa Momcilovic, and Tim Sinyak and his wife Alma Barragan, as well as three grandchildren, Kostya, Daniel, and Aiden. Although she was only she was an only child she is survived by a number of close cousins and extended family such as Peter Vaysburg and family, Lillian Gordon and family, Alexander Sinyak and family, and more.

Mila Sinyak

January 25, 1951 - July 24, 2015