Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT – February 21, 1998

Anne Ivanus

May 17, 1919 - Feb. 19, 1998

Anne Ivanus, 78, of North Victoria Street in Mishawaka, Ind., passed away after a lengthy illness at 4 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Ironwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, Ind.

Anne was born in Gary, Ind., on May 17, 1919, to Thomas and Mary (Alivojvodic) Klicek, who had emigrated from Croatia in the early 1900s.

In 1970 Anne married Dr. Theodore B. Ivanus (now a retired Notre Dame faculty member), who survives.

She is also survived by her two sons, Judge Tomas (Judy) Magdich of Dixon, Ill., and Dennis (Judy) Magdich of Tesuque, N.M.; five grandchildren, Amy Jo (Alan) Clemens of Kingston, Ill., Michael L. Magdich of LaSalle, Ill., Marjorie (Kenneth) Erdmann of Tulsa, Okla., Shayna and Mara Magdich of Tesuque, N.M., two great-grandchildren, Emily M. and Thomas A. Clemens; a sister, Marie (Ralph) Kirkpatrick of San Jose, Calif.; and by a brother, Joseph Klicek of Hobart, Ind.

Anne was steelworker's daughter who, as such, became the valedictorian of her class at Hobart High School. She was an excellent public speaker and very interested in public activities, which included the Ladies of Notre Dame/St. Mary's; the Mishawaka Women's Club; the Catholic Charities of the Ft. Wayne/South Bend Diocese, especially the settlement of refugees; and she was a supporter of the Christ Child Society.

Anne wrote several articles on Croatian emigrants in the United States, and had participated in several scholarly symposiums on Croatian emigration.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday at the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka.

A memorial Requiem Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday in St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Fr. Robert A. Yast officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.