Full Text of SR0816 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Nikola "Nick" Kovacevic of Grayslake, who | 4 | | passed away on November 1, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nick Kovacevic was born to Frank and Amanda | 6 | | (Vrkljan) Kovacevic in 1927 in the small village of Vranik, | 7 | | Lika-Senj County, Croatia; he grew up on the family farm with | 8 | | his parents and siblings; after mandatory service in the JNA | 9 | | Army, he fled to Austria; after locating long lost relatives in | 10 | | the U.S., he immigrated to America in 1959; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Nick Kovacevic met fellow Croatian immigrant | 12 | | Marija "Mary" Bobic at a Baptism celebration hosted by mutual | 13 | | friends; they married in April of 1968 and settled in North | 14 | | Chicago, eventually moving to Grayslake; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Nick Kovacevic retired from Abbott Laboratories | 16 | | in 1991 with over 30 years of service; he and his wife worked | 17 | | tirelessly at their jobs and at an apartment building they | 18 | | purchased to make a better life for themselves and their two | 19 | | children; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Nick Kovacevic loved his vegetable garden, often | 21 | | sharing the tomatoes and peppers with friends and neighbors; he |
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| 1 | | was a long-standing member of the American Croatian Waukegan | 2 | | Tamburitzans and Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 848, where he | 3 | | served as lodge secretary for many years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Nick Kovacevic was preceded in death by his wife, | 5 | | Marija; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Nick Kovacevic is survived by his son, John | 7 | | Kovacevic; his daughter, Mary Kovacevic (Scott Beam); his | 8 | | grandson, Robert Nicholas; his sisters, Marija (Robert) | 9 | | Asbille and Kata Sikic; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, | 10 | | be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Nikola "Nick" Kovacevic and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Nick Kovacevic as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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