Che il Signore possa accogliere Anna tra le sue braccia… Le nostre più sentite condoglianze da Pino e mia Moglie Anna.. Vi siamo vicini con il cuore…

Dear Maria and Mile, So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you!
May your daughter Ann rest in peace!

Dear Anna, your beautiful smile and soul will be with us forever.
May the angels follow you and guard you, rest in peace.
With your family in sadness and thoughts, aunt Luca, Vesela, Nino and our children with their families.

Dear Ana!
I always remember time spent with you and Anthony when I first came to America.
It’s so sad you left us so soon.

Ann was a wonderful friend and mentor to me. She was a source of incredible strength and I feel privileged to have known her. Ann was beloved by many Wellesley alums on all of the parenting groups and we will miss her.
Love to her entire family and children.
Moriah Campbell Musto, Wellesley '00

Dear Ana,

I was nine when I met you. You were the exuberant new neighbor on Fulton Ave who had an infectious laugh. I was so glad to have a new girl on the street to get to know. In the years that followed, we spent countless hours in my basement playing Barbies. We would giggle at ridiculous things that only we got.

You lived only a few houses away but the view of your house from mine was obstructed by overgrown rose bushes. Tata, my beloved grandmother (who you also loved and called “Tata”), did not want me to walk past the rose bushes where she wouldn’t be able to see me, so you mostly had to come to me. My inability to go beyond the rose bushes would become a running joke between us.

Over the years, we were there for each other, attending each other’s important and not-so-important life events. We ran around in each other’s’ houses as if we lived there too. From the time we were young, you would often come over and then spend hours talking to my parents, who loved you too.

On summer evenings when we were kids, you would be at the picnic table in my backyard. My dad would feed you home-grown peaches, and my sister Nancy, my father, you, and I would play Gin Rummy. I remember too being little girls and giggling at nothing in particular while swinging on the swing under the grapevine in my yard. These are some of my favorite childhood memories.

I remember how messy your room always was, your “Saab phase” when you would yell “Saab!” whenever one would drive by, your smiles, your hearty laugh, the way you would raise one of your eyebrows when you thought you were making an important point, your selfless and unconditional friendship, your positive energy, and the love you had for your Croatian background, your children, and your family.

My grandmother Tata would always say “Ay qué linda” (Spanish for “Oh, how pretty/lovely”) when she saw you. You were lovely and beautiful Ann, and my heart is broken.

I will always love you, Mary

To Mr and Mrs Mrkic, Anthony and family, and Ana's children, I have written you private cards that I will give you when I see you. In the meantime, much love, strength and support from my family to yours, Mary Luvera and Adam and Rio Federman.

Dear family, our thoughts and prayers with you. Take courage as Ann is watching you from heavens and will be always by your side while she rests in eternal peace!!! May perpetual light shine upon her. Our condolences and prayers. Josh, Gerry, Hema and Santosh!

We would like to offer you and your family our deepest condolences. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Dear Mile and Marija,

Myong and I, along with Sangita and Jay, are beyond words in our sorrow at the loss of your beloved Ann. There's nothing more heart-wrenching and more difficult to heal for parents than the loss of a child. Your grief and that of Ann's four kids and her brother Anthony cannot but be boundless. We can scarcely fathom the depths of it. Our own association with Ann began as soon as Sangita's, and we fondly recall our lively, engaging chats with her on many occasions. She was Sangita's College sister; they often took the same classes, co-anchored a radio show and took daily delight in each other's company (Sangita still says no one has ever made her laugh harder). Ann naturally became a vibrant and loving presence at Sangita's wedding as one of her bridesmaids. We remember her kindness, her wit, her exuberant laugh, and her friendship as a rare gift. May Ann’s warm smile remain your strongest memory of her and always give you strength. Her memory will always be treasured by our family.

In a few hours, we will be together for your funeral and we have to say that we are heartbroken beyond words.
You were our third daughter since we know you from where you were a little girl and now you are one of the Angels in heaven watching over all the ones that loved you sincerely.
To your children, parents, brother, sister-in-law and the rest of the family, we extend our most sincere condolences and may God's love bring you comfort and peace during this difficult time.
Maria Luisa and Domenico

With my family, I join in the pain that hit the cousins: Kate, Emma, Niko, Matthew, Marija, Mile and Anthony.
Ann, God took it with her, but it will make her lead Kate, Emma, Niko and Matthew and stay close to mom Marija, dad Mile and brother Anthony.

Sep 16 2019 10:19:52 AM