Asti Milkovic

Asti Milkovic July 16, 1952 - March 07, 2011, was a long-time resident of Dallas and Plano, TX. In May 2008, Asti was diagnosed with an aggressive stage 4 breast cancer, but courageously emerged as a survivor in 2009. Unfortunately, in late 2010 she began exhibiting several worrisome symptoms resulting in her swift, yet brave, battle with liver cancer and she died peacefully at the Medical Center of Plano, surrounded by her immediate family. Asti was born in Lubljana, Slovenia and was raised in Lubljana until the age of five when her family moved to Zug, Switzerland. At the age of sixteen, she moved to the United States from Europe, with her father Miran and her step-mother Angelika. Although she had learned some English in school back in Switzerland, she would fondly recall really learning English from regularly watching I Love Lucy episodes. Asti attended both the University of Syracuse and the University of Illinois where she obtained a BA in Photography. At 19 years old, Asti became an older sister to her brother, Thomas Aaron Milkovic. Thom was born to her father, Miran, during his second marriage to Angelika Bloch. Over the following years she made her way from New York to Chicago to Texas, eventually settling in Dallas with her husband Arnold, with whom she had her beloved daughter, Lily, in 1979 at the age of 27. She was married to Arnold "Arnie" Jakal for 39 years. Asti was a loving wife, a devoted mother, artist, and avid tennis player, who spoke five languages and lived a vibrant life full of travel, laughter, and curiosity. Asti will be honored and remembered by her loving family, and is survived by her daughter Lily Milkovic-Jakal and her fiance Serge Esteve, her husband Arnold "Arnie" Jakal, in addition to her mother Sonja Basaj, her father, Miran Milkovic and his wife Angelika Bloch, her brother Thomas Aaron Milkovic and his wife Jamarie Milkovic and Thomas' daughter Ashley Milkovic, along with countless friends and family all of whom were blessed to know her. Friends and family are invited to attend a Celebration of Life service on Sunday, March 13th, 2011, at 1:00 pm at Ted Dickey West Funeral Home, 8011 Frankford Rd, Dallas, TX 75252, 972-407-6070. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the cost of Asti's memorial services by check or by credit card using the following link: http://bit.ly/AstiMilkovicFuneral