Bill Text: IL HR1493 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Nada "Hope" Jovicin of Richton Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR1493 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1493-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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