ROSE SAVCIC

Rose Savcic, 72, of the Irish Hills, passed away December 20, 2008.  Rose was born October 8, 1936  in Lorain, Ohio.   

Rose worked at the Sand Lake Inn since 1960 when the former proprietors hired her to be a waitress and nanny to their daughter.  After  they brought their son Mlado (Mike) over from Yugoslavia, the two met and married in 1965.  He survives.   
In 1980, Rose and Mike acquired the restaurant from Mike's parents and continued to operate to the present.  Rose also owned and operated the Hairitage Beauty Salon in the Irish Hills from 1970 to 2004.  

Besides her husband, Mike, Rose is survived by her son, Darko;  granddaughter, GeeGee and her mother Erica; mother in law, Millie; sister in law, Vera and her sister, Theresa.  

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh with Fr. Russ Kohler and Fr. Zivko Kajevic officiating.  Burial will follow in Franklin Cemetery, Tipton.  Visitation will be 1 to 3  and  5 to 7 p.m. Friday, December 26, 2008, at the J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh.   Condolences to the family may be made on line at www.pursefuneralhome.com.