Full Text of HR1493 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Nada | 4 | | "Hope" Jovicin of Richton Park, who passed away on July 18, | 5 | | 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Nada Jovicin was born on February 14, 1936 in | 7 | | Novisad, Yugoslavia; she immigrated to the United States | 8 | | through Trani, Italy in 1949 and became a naturalized United | 9 | | States citizen on January 10, 1956; she married Milan Jovicin | 10 | | on December 30, 1987; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Nada Jovicin retired from A & P Grocery Store | 12 | | after a long career in the food industry; she was the owner and | 13 | | operator of Smithfield's Local Grocery Store and Butcher Shop | 14 | | in Evanston in the early 1990s; she was a real estate agent and | 15 | | a 10-year member of the North Shore Board of Realtors and the | 16 | | Chicago Board of Realtors; in 2000, she began working for North | 17 | | Street Properties; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Nada Jovicin was an active member of the National | 19 | | Apartment Association from 2000 to 2016; she was an active | 20 | | member of the Greater Lexington Apartment Association and was a | 21 | | member of the Board of Directors for the organization from 2004 | 22 | | to 2006; she was a member of the Richton Park Human Relations |
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| 1 | | Commission; she was vital in organizing and hosting the Annual | 2 | | Neighbor to Neighbor Dinners in Richton Park and an Associate | 3 | | Member of the Senior Citizen Advisory Committee; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, After the Haiti earthquake in 2010, Nada Jovicin | 5 | | worked with the "Coalition to Do Good" as a group of Richton | 6 | | Park residents organized to bring relief to the orphans of | 7 | | Jeremie, Haiti on the "Fill the Bus" project; she was an | 8 | | advocate for the Cat Island Sister City Project and became a | 9 | | member of the Sister City Committee; in the aftermath of | 10 | | Hurricane Katrina, she came to the aid of a family who lost | 11 | | everything in the hurricane, taking the family shopping for | 12 | | everything they needed to start over and even helping the | 13 | | father to find a new job; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Nada Jovicin was a founding member of the Red Hat | 15 | | Society Richton Park Chapter, also known as the Sizzlin Sistas; | 16 | | the Red Hatters volunteered at the Home Owners Association's | 17 | | Annual Resident Picnic every year and at their personal expense | 18 | | cooked and served more than 200 full course meals each year; in | 19 | | 2012, the Red Hat Society adopted an "Aunt Martha's" group home | 20 | | and served as mentors to young people; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Nada Jovicin was the recipient of the 2013 Citizen | 22 | | of the Year award in the Richton Park "I Make a Difference" | 23 | | Awards program; she was also designated as a 2013 "Peggy A. |
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| 1 | | Montes Unsung Heroine of Cook County" for the Fifth District | 2 | | and was recognized and awarded a certificate for the Age | 3 | | Options Volunteer Awards Luncheon, which connects older adults | 4 | | with community-based resources and options; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Nada Jovicin was the beloved wife of Milan; the | 6 | | dear sister of Dmitrije Subich and family of Novi Sad; and the | 7 | | dearest aunt to Angie (the late Ivan) Djurin and her family; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 12 | | Nada "Hope" Jovicin; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Nada Jovicin as an expression of our | 15 | | sympathy.
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