Ken Milovitch, Sep 1982
Image: Jeanette Henderson
FatherThomas Nicholas Milovitch b. 28 Feb 1913, d. 18 Aug 1966
MotherDoreen May Craine b. 19 Dec 1912, d. 17 Jun 1979
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Kenneth John Milovitch was born on 27 April 1937 in Mooroopna, Victoria.1 
He married Gloria Taylor.1 
He died on 17 October 1982 at age 45.1,2 

Family

Gloria Taylor
Children
ChartsMilovitch, Thomas, descendant chart

Story

Six children were born in Shepparton or Mooroopna; Raymond, Kenneth, Jeanette, June, Beverley and Bernard.3
 
The seven eldest children enrolled at St Brendan's primary school in Shepparton between 1940 and 1948. Brian and Kevin enrolled in 1940, then Ray and Ken (1942), Jeanette (1946), June (1947) and Beverley in 1948.3,4
 
Raymond Milovitch (back, 2nd left), Ken Milovitch (2nd back, 2nd left), Patricia O'Connell (3rd back, 8th left), Tony Wilkinson (front, 4th left), St Brendan's, Shepparton, grade 5, 1947
Image: Tony & Elaine Wilkinson
In 1949, the family of ten moved back to Western Australia.3
 
The three youngest children, Cheryl, Rhonda and Catherine, were born in Geraldton.3
 
Marriage and Family
Ken Milovitch and Gloria Taylor married around 1960 in Geraldton. They had four children, two born in Geraldton and two in Queensland.1
 
Ken Milovitch
Image: Jeanette Henderson
Gardener
Ken was a school gardener in the Geraldton suburb of Rangeway. He also grew gladioli and put them in every year for Billie Shepheard, owner of Shepheard's Hotel. Billie loved Ken's gladdies.5,6
Ken Milovitch, Sep 1982
Image: Jeanette Henderson
Ken died at home at age 45. He was the first of the eleven siblings to die, and his death due to stroke was a shock because he had seemed so fit and healthy, including in a photo taken just three weeks before. He died while working in his beloved gladioli patch.6,5
 

Citations

  1. [S230] Thomas & Doreen Milovitch, family history, unpublished, c. 1998.
  2. [S442] 'Geraldton Cemetery F-M', Oz Burials: Lorraine's cemetery records pages, online register, Kenneth John Joseph Milovitch entry, viewed 19 November 2017, http://www.ozburials.com/CemsWA/Geraldton-Greenough/…
  3. [S229] History of our Parents, computer file, unpublished, 2004.
  4. [S165] History of St Brendan's Primary School 1891-1991, St Brendan's Centenary History Committee, 1991, pp. 71-72.
  5. [S82] Jeanette Henderson, personal communication, 12 April 2019.
  6. [S82] Jeanette Henderson, personal communication, 21 February 2014.