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In Memory

Benjamin (Ben) Pavlakovic - Class Of 1941

OBITUARY INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:
 
Benjamin Nicholas Pavlakovic
BIRTH          2 Aug 1923, Croatia
DEATH          2 Jun 1998 (aged 74), Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL         Rockton Township Cemetery, Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
PLOT           ADD4 R1 7 2W
MEMORIAL ID    50884586

Rockford Register Star, Thursday, June 4, 1968 [1998]

ROCKTON - Benjamin Nicholas Pavlakovic, 74, of Rockton, died Tuesday, June 2, 1998, in River Bluff Nursing Home, Rockford. Born Aug. 2, 1923, in Yugoslavia, to Magdaline Rose (Basar) and Nicholas Francis Pavlakovic. He came with his parents to America in 1927. Graduated from Notre Dame in 1949, with a major in mechanical engineering and worked with various companies until retiring. Married Kay Porter on Dec. 30, 1980, at Atlanta, Ga. Veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps and a combat infantryman in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. He was awarded the World War II Victory Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, E.A.M.E. Theatre Ribbon, and four Bronze Service Stars. He was a member of Walter Graham American Legion Post. Rockton.

Survivors include wife; Kay; children, Sandra Tangye, of Provo, Utah, Linda (Dirk) Wassner of Sycamore, Mary Kay (Harold) Rogers of Beloit, Wis., and Danny (Sarah) Pavlakovic of Oak Park; stepchildren, Deborah (Henry) Puttkemery, Guy (Deborah) Barrett, Fritz (Rhonda) Oldenburg, and Mike (Tammy) Barrett, all of Beloit; 19 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; brother, John (Pat) Pavlakovic of Portage, Ind.; and two sisters, Albena Pavlakovic and Dolly Pavlakovic, both of Hobart, Ind.

Services at 11 a.m. Friday, June 5, in Bifulk Funeral Home, 767 N. Blackhawk Blvd., Rockton, with the Rev. Monsignor Thomas C. Brady of St. Peter Catholic Church officiating. Burial in Rockton Cemetery. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 4, in the funeral home. 6-3-2

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Benjamin Pavlakovic gravestone, Class of 1941