Death: KOZICH, Spasoje 'Steve'
Author: Don Stowell Date: 5 Aug 2005 6:35 PM GMT
Surnames: Rasovich, Ivanovich, Fournier
Classification: Death
Services held for Old time Mojave Resident Kozich
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 1, for Spasoje "Steve" Kozich, who died at the family home, 15957 K St., on Thursday, June 29.
Services were held at the Mojave Desert Chapel by the Rev. James Thompson of the Community Congregational Church and Pope Marco Malozorvich of Saint Sava Church in Los Angeles. Interment was at the Mojave District Cemetery.
Mr. Kozich was 71. He was born May 15, 1890, in Serbia, now a part of Yugoslavia.
At the age of 20 he began working for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and remained with the department for 45 years until his retirement in 1955. He was variously employed as a laborer, mechanic, warehouseman, miner, and garage utility man.
He married Yvanka Rasovich ,in 1923 in Bakersfield.
He is survived by his widow at the family address, and by three children, Steve Kozich Jr. of La Puente, Ann Ivanovich of China Lake, and Dianne Fournier of Huntington Beach.
There are seven grandchildren.
Mr. Kozich was a member of the Independent Odd Fellows Lodge of Mojave for 25 years and of the Serbian United Benevolent. Society, for 50 years.
Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 06 Jul 1961
1930 Census, California, Kern, Township 11, Mojave (North);
Kozich, Steve
Head of Household (wife Yovanki)
Rents his home.
Age 38
He and his parents born in Yugoslavia.
Speaks Serbian.
Immigrated in 1909.
Occupation listed as laborer with the Aquaduct.
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
[Spasoje S Kozic]
Birth Date: 15 May 1891
Birth Location: Yugoslavia
Spouse: Jovanna
Children: Ilinka, Stephen
Arrival Year: 1909
State: California
Locality, Court: Southern District, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, District Court
Record Type: Petition for Naturalization
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Age: 35
Birth Date: 15 May 1891
Birth Location: Jugoslavia; Austria
Spouse: Jovanna
Arrival Year: 1907
Issue Date: 27 Aug 1926
State: California
Locality, Court: Southern District, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, District Court
Record Type: Petition for Naturalization
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Birth Date: abt 1891
Age at event: 39
Court District: California
Date of Action: 23 May 1930
Steve S Kozich
in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Steve S Kozich
County: Tulare
State: California
Birthplace: Austria
Birth Date: 2 May 1891
Race: Caucasian (White)
Draft Board: 2
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Age: 52
Birth Date: 15 May 1890
Residence Year: 1942
Residence: Mojave, California
Spasoje S Kozich
in the California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 May 1890
Death Date: 29 Jun 1961
Death Place: Kern
Mother's Maiden Name: Komad
Suggested edit: World War II card and naturalization says, born in village of "Ljubine" as of 2021 in South Eastern part of country of "Bosnia and Hercegovina" by member #49745460
Death: KOZICH, Spasoje 'Steve'
Author: Don Stowell Date: 5 Aug 2005 6:35 PM GMT
Surnames: Rasovich, Ivanovich, Fournier
Classification: Death
Services held for Old time Mojave Resident Kozich
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 1, for Spasoje "Steve" Kozich, who died at the family home, 15957 K St., on Thursday, June 29.
Services were held at the Mojave Desert Chapel by the Rev. James Thompson of the Community Congregational Church and Pope Marco Malozorvich of Saint Sava Church in Los Angeles. Interment was at the Mojave District Cemetery.
Mr. Kozich was 71. He was born May 15, 1890, in Serbia, now a part of Yugoslavia.
At the age of 20 he began working for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and remained with the department for 45 years until his retirement in 1955. He was variously employed as a laborer, mechanic, warehouseman, miner, and garage utility man.
He married Yvanka Rasovich ,in 1923 in Bakersfield.
He is survived by his widow at the family address, and by three children, Steve Kozich Jr. of La Puente, Ann Ivanovich of China Lake, and Dianne Fournier of Huntington Beach.
There are seven grandchildren.
Mr. Kozich was a member of the Independent Odd Fellows Lodge of Mojave for 25 years and of the Serbian United Benevolent. Society, for 50 years.
Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 06 Jul 1961
1930 Census, California, Kern, Township 11, Mojave (North);
Kozich, Steve
Head of Household (wife Yovanki)
Rents his home.
Age 38
He and his parents born in Yugoslavia.
Speaks Serbian.
Immigrated in 1909.
Occupation listed as laborer with the Aquaduct.
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
[Spasoje S Kozic]
Birth Date: 15 May 1891
Birth Location: Yugoslavia
Spouse: Jovanna
Children: Ilinka, Stephen
Arrival Year: 1909
State: California
Locality, Court: Southern District, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, District Court
Record Type: Petition for Naturalization
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Age: 35
Birth Date: 15 May 1891
Birth Location: Jugoslavia; Austria
Spouse: Jovanna
Arrival Year: 1907
Issue Date: 27 Aug 1926
State: California
Locality, Court: Southern District, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, District Court
Record Type: Petition for Naturalization
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Birth Date: abt 1891
Age at event: 39
Court District: California
Date of Action: 23 May 1930
Steve S Kozich
in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Steve S Kozich
County: Tulare
State: California
Birthplace: Austria
Birth Date: 2 May 1891
Race: Caucasian (White)
Draft Board: 2
Spasoje S Kozich
in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Age: 52
Birth Date: 15 May 1890
Residence Year: 1942
Residence: Mojave, California
Spasoje S Kozich
in the California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Spasoje S Kozich
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 May 1890
Death Date: 29 Jun 1961
Death Place: Kern
Mother's Maiden Name: Komad
Suggested edit: World War II card and naturalization says, born in village of "Ljubine" as of 2021 in South Eastern part of country of "Bosnia and Hercegovina" by member #49745460
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