Category Archive for 'In Memoriam'

VALENTIN IVANKVIĆ (1925-2007)

Blago u Gospodinu preminuo je Valentin Z. Ivanković 29. studenog 2007. u San Pedru, California. Po svim ljutskim procjenama Valentin je bio u izvanrednu zdravlju i

uvijek mladolika izgleda, ali čovjek nikad ne zna kad će ga Gospodin pozvati k sebi.  Tako je i naš Valentin naglo umro u svojoj kući, kraj svoje vjerne [...]

Jack Kemp (1935.-2009.)

Jack Kemp, poznati američki političar, nekadašnji potpredsjednički kandidat i bivši profesionalni igrač football-a, preminuo je 2. svibnja ove godine.  Tom prigodom američki mediji su detaljno izvjestili o njegovu životu i radu; o njegovim prepoznatljivim gospodarskim, političkim i ideološkim pogledima.  Poznat je bio kao „konzervativac mekog srca.“  Vjerovao je u slobodno tržište, u samopoduzetnišvto, u [...]

DR. GEORGE (JURE) PRPIĆ (1920 – 2009)

I apologize to my former professor and dear friend, the late Dr. Jure Prpić, and his family for not being able to write a timely obituary in his honor for the Fall 2009 issue of the ACS Bulletin. At the time, my family and I were too preoccupied with our move to Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, [...]

REV. STANISLAUS GOLIK 1915-2009

Rev. Stanislaus Golik died peacefully on September 7, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born in Mrkopalj, Croatia, on November 13, 1915. After finishing his formal education in Senj and Zagreb, he was ordained to the priesthood in the summer of 1939, on the eve of World War II. At first he served as [...]

Joseph M. Condic (1924-2009)

In Memoriam

Joseph M. Condic died on February 21, 2009 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  He was born on November 21, 1924. in Chicago to an immigrant Croatian family.  His father, Marko Čondić, came from Svib, near Imotsk, and his mother, Tona Utrobičić, from Slime, a village near the river Cetina.  They were married in Chicago in 1921 [...]