Ivo (John) Jerolimov passed away at his home in San Jose, CA on the morning of Saturday March 18th, 2017 at the age of 80. He leaves his beloved wife of 55 years, Anka Jerolimov, 3 children Douglas, Mark, and Solange and grandchildren Sophia, Henry, Anna, and Jennifer.
Ivo was born February 6th, 1937 in the village of Preko in Croatia, the son of Ante and Marija (Stipanov) Jerolimov. His siblings are brothers Josip and Franjo and sisters Sonja, Marija, Jela, and Angela. Ivo migrated to Toronto, Canada in 1958 and married Anka there in 1961. From Canada, the young family moved to Michigan near Detroit in 1968 and then to Northern California in the summer of 1976. Residences in California were Sunnyvale, San Jose, Los Gatos, and Saratoga.
Ivo will be remembered for being friendly and energetic and for his practical wisdom that he shared generously with all who knew him. He was a toolmaker (machinist) for most of his career and also a mechanical engineer before his retirement from IBM in 1992. After retirement hobbies that he enjoyed were gardening, and travel.
Services will be held at Assumption of Mary Church at 901 Lincoln Ave. in San Jose at 7pm on March 28th and funeral service also at Assumption of Mary Church at 10:30am on March 29th. Burial ceremony following funeral service is at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery at 490 Lincoln St., Santa Clara.
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