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From: ashley tiwara <>
Subject: [CROATIA-L] Zajednicar October 4, 2000
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:00:03 -0500


Zajednicar newspaper, October 4, 2000

Obituaries
Robert POPOVICH
born 1916 to Steve and Mary POPOVICH, formerly of Dalmatia, resided
Mountain View, CA
worked for Libby-McNeill Libby in Sunnyvale both before and after W2,
became plant superintendent
WW2 south Pacific, USAAF
died 2000, Sunnyvale, CA at his residence
survived by Lou; sister Ruby NICHOLAS, Stockton, CA; brother Milan
POPOVICH, Saratoga, CA; sister Olga BATEY, Elk Grove, CA; brother Donald
POPOVICH, Mountain View, CA

George PESUT
born 1931, South Chicago, to Helen and George GALAMA PESUT
college football, high school coach, drafted Army, recreation coach for
3rd Armored Division, later Master's in physical education, taught and
coached
Tambouritza band member 30 years, vice president/treasurer Tamburitza
Association of America, Elks, etc.
died 2000 Boise, ID
survived by wife, Ruthe; daughter Michelle PESUT OTTERNESS, Moorpark,
CA; daughter, Sheila PESUT VINCE, San Jose, CA; sister Mary TAPORIS,
Chicago, IL; brother, Rudy, Manteno, IL; grandchildren, nieces, nephews

John DOSEN
born 1925 to Marko and Marija BARIC DOSEN in Hibbing, MN
moved Detroit, known in school for artistic talent, exhibited Detroit
Institute of Arts, owned upholstery shop to "fulfill his lifelong dream
of creating beautiful things"
died 2000, Bangor, Maine
survived by sisters Anna and Emma, brother Joe, nieces nephews and
especial cousins Anna and Rob ROZIC

Millie MAVRINAC
born to Matt and Nane PODNAR, no date, Lika, Croatia
emigrated to Noranda, Quebec, Canada
married Joe MAVRINAC, resided Kirkland Lake from 1952
founding member Catholic Women's League, 50 year CFU member, " a
prodigious reader", etc.
died Kirkland Lake, 2000
survived by Joe, daughters Diane MAVRINAC-ROSS, of Toronto, and Mary Ann
MAVRINAC married to Peter van SHIE, London, grandcildren, also sisters
Mandy VUKOVIC of Port Credit, Ontario, Mary KRANCEVIC of Mississauga.
Brother John predeceased her.

Mary TURCICH D'ESTE
born 1910 Gostinjac, Krk, Croatia to Nicholas and Antonia (Ante)
AGNUSICH TURCICH
emigrated to USA with mother, January 1, 1911 to join father in Chicago
expert seamstress, worked Gold Coast boutique
1938 = Ernest G. D'ESTE, born Chicago, raised Bakar, Croatia
daughters, Mary Ernestine D'ESTE of Marlton, NJ, and Sandra (Bernard)
JUMBECK of Palos Heights, IL
nephew Kenneth BUGAN of Lake Wylie, SC
widowed 1961, worked in banking, retired 1976, travels to Turkey, across
North America, to Stari Kraj with husband and family
died 2000
predeceased by Nick 1958, Ante 1973, Ernest 1961, sister Amelia KNETL
1980, sister Tona KNETL 1999. Funeral Mass concelebrants her cousin Fr.
Ronald TURCHICH, OSA, and nephew, Fr. Richard BEST, in Palos Hts, Il

Boris PUZ
born Matulji, Croatia, 1949
resided Etna, PA, steelworker, extended family in western PA
died 2000
mother Mary predeceased, 1989


letter to the editor on differences between Croatian and the
official Serbo-Croatian language of the former Jugoslavia. Frank W.
Paladin, St. Louis, MO
article on summer travel tips in eastern Europe. Bill Vergot,
Trafford, PA
article on 1994 and 1995 vacations in Croatia, especially the
Dalmatian coast, with comments on water rationing in Zadar, and other
effects of the war. Norma Valcic-Bearblock

article drawn from the SKRIVANIC Memoirs, 1886-1915, translated by
Richard MAJOR. "The Upper Michigan Copper Strike of 1913 and Its
Related Tragedies", which concerns the Calumet, MI, area strike of 1913
by immigrant Croatian, Slovene, and other miners.
"...while [Ivan] KALAN was sitting in front of his house,
seven company security officers showed up and ordered him to come with
them. The frightened Kalan attempted to escape into his house whereupon
the guards opened fire through the door and windows. All the while 10
Croatian strikers had been seated at a table inside Kalan's house. One,
Lujo TIJAN was shot dead on the spot, another, Stjepan PUTRIC, died
later of sustained wounds, while still two others, Stanko STIPIC and
Ivan STIMAC were slightly wounded. The killing and wounding of the
strikers further embittered the mining community....
[ funeral held August 17, 1913. Strike continued in the fall and
winter. On Christmas Eve, a gathering at the Italian Hall of about a
thousand people, mostly children, was intended as a party and
present-giving] "...someone opened a door from the outside and
screamed "fire!" ...What had been a children's paradise was instantly
transformed into a panicked rush for the exit. Amid the screaming and
crying and the desperate efforts of the adult chaperones, the children
kept piling up near the door, with the smaller and weaker falling and
being trampled by the crowd.
"When the exodus ended, a pathetic scene awaited. Dead children lay
in heaps, a dead mother lay embracing her dead child ....The death total
came to 72, including the following 13 Croatian Americans:
Nikola CVETKOVIC,
Viktorija BURCAR,
Ernestina KLARIC,
Marija KLARIC,
Katarina KLARIC,
Ivka BOLF,
Marija KRANJAC,
Agneza MIHELCIC,
Paul MIHELCIC,
Elizabeta MIHELCIC,
Katarina GRGURIC,
Francika STAJDUHAR, and
Marija STAJDUHAR.
"The general thinking at the time was that someone who opposed
the strike wanted to throw a wet blanket on the children's celebration
--- not anticipating the terrible consequences.
"The strike, of course, eventually ground its way to an end,
with the miners achieving much of what they were after --- but at a
terrible, terrible price."

[It would be harder to give up a cause when you and your family have
paid this sort of price.]

In hopes that this is of interest,
Ashley






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