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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Nicholas “Nick” Franklin Ivicevich I passed away Oct. 15, 2013, with his family by his side.
He was born in San Francisco Oct. 22, 1936, to Madeline and Peter Ivicevich, natives of the Island of Vis in Croatia.
Nick graduated from Mountain View class of 1954. In 1960 he moved to Lake County, following his best friend Ivan Lubich. Nick worked at Safeway while starting his Bartlett pear ranch in Scotts Valley and raising his young family.
He loved bowling, his Croation Fraternal Union, the Cannibal Club, his family, home and sometimes his trying, yet tranquil days on his very successful pear ranch.
Nick is survived by his wife of 49 years, Marlene “Cookie” Ivicevich; children, Diane (Ron) Jones, Pamela (Mike) Ivicevich-Hundley, Niko II (Teri) Ivicevich and Ginger Ivicevich; grandchildren, Julie Jones, Sara (Joel) Sippel, Christopher Jones, Alexandra Hundley, Nicholas III and Aaron Ivicevich, and Bruiser; great-grandchildren, Trevor and Cassidy Sippel. He also leaves his first wife, Joanne; his dear friend and loyal foreman of 40 years, Ramon, and his wife Maria Camarena; and many other friends and relatives.
Funeral service will be held on his birthday, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, Lakeport.
For further information call Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Jeanne McCormack passed peacefully Oct. 10, 2013, at the age of 92.
She was born June 27, 1921, in Nenah, Wisconsin, where she grew up and later moved to California where she graduated from St. Agnes High School in Los Angeles.
Jeanne married Bob McCormack and had two children, Kathleen and Jack.
She won “Queen for a Day” with a story she had written about her special needs daughter.
During her career, she managed the yardage department at May Co. department store, becoming their first woman buyer.
Later she opened her own fabric store in Monterey Park, “Jeanne's Fabrics,” and operated it for 18 years.
Jeanne was also president of the Soroptimist in Monterey Park, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce there.
While traveling with Kathy to the Special Olympics in Sacramento, she heard about Lake County and in 1986 she and the children moved there.
Jeanne got her real estate license and worked for Dorothy Bowan Real Estate.
She was very involved with People Services and the Lake County Passion Play as a costume director for 16 years, and a member of St. Peters Woman's Club.
Jeanne loved life and was a very spiritual woman.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Bob, and daughter, Kathleen.
She is survived by her son, Jack, who owns “Jack's Place.”
A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kelseyville.
She will be laid to rest at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Monterey Park, Calif.
For further information call Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .
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COBB, Calif. – Bennie Heinricks Jr. passed on Oct. 14, 2013, at his residence in Cobb.
He was born April 7, 1954, in Alaska to Bennie Heinricks Sr. and Inez (Mendenhall) Heinricks.
Arrangements intrusted to Jones Mortuary, www.jonesmortuary.com , FD311, Lakeport, Calif.