Marijka Dechov Ilijev

be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 19, 2012 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church 2143 S. Center

Rd., Burton, MI with a Parastas Service being prayed 7:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Hill Funeral Home, 11723 S. Saginaw St., Grand Blanc, MI. Fr. Paul Jannakos officiating. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 1:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Funeral Home. Marijka was born November 1, 1922 in Dzhulyunitsa, Bulgaria to parents Decho

and Kina (Koleva) Kirov. She married her husband Radi S. Ilijev December 29, 1940 at

the St. George's Church in Dzhulyunitsa, Bulgaria. They left Bulgaria for Yugoslavia in 1948, later Austria 1959 and then the United States in 1963. Living in the Flint and Grand Blanc, area 1964 to 2011. Surviving are children, Kina Rasheva Gencheva (Peter Genchev) of Varna, Bulgaria, Simeon (Patti) Iliev of Ann Arbor, MI, Decho (Glenda) Iliev of Liberty, TN; grandchildren, Marquina (Iliev) Piselli (David), Brooklyn, NY, Stiliyana (Gencheva) Bozhkova (Liubomir) Boshkov, Varna Bulgaria, Radosveta Gencheva (Jordan), Varna, Bulgaria, Bianca Iliev, Montgomery Village, MD, Benjamin Iliev, Pasadena, CA, Jessica (Iliev) Super (Eric), North Shore, HI, Allison Iliev, Orlando, FL; great-grandchildren, Yavor Bozhkov, Nurenberg, Germany, Stilian Krems, Austria, Radi, North Shore, HI. Preceded in death by husband Radi Iliev, November 17, 1990; daughter-in-law Joan (Coughlin) Iliev. Condolences may be left on-line at

www.hillfh.com