Dragana Andrea Lazich

It is with much regret and sorrow that we inform you that our beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend, Dragana Andrea Lazich, passed away on November 14th peacefully while surrounded by loved ones.

Dragana was born to Ivan and Andja Vukovic in 1939 in Belgrade.  Shortly after she was born, Ivan and Andja gave birth to her brother Vladimir to complete her childhood family.  Dragana graduated from Belgrade University as a Chemist and worked in Serbia as an assistant professor of Chemistry at the Medical School in Belgrade.  Dragana was married to Svetislav Lazich in 1966 in the presence of her brother Vladimir and Svetislav’s brother and wife, Miodrag and Vera Lazich. Shortly thereafter they had a son Paul Milan Lazich and together they traveled from Serbia to the United States with their newest family member.  When Dragana came to the United States she worked as a Chemist in a hospital lab. A few years later, Svetislav and Dragana completed their family with the birth of their second son Ivan Mark Lazich.  They lived in the mid-west happily for a few years until they finally settled in the Northshore area of Boston.

Dragana lived a very happy life here in the Northshore with her family.  She was a loving and devoted wife, and a caring and nurturing mother, who always put her children, her husband, and her close friends first.  She always gave everything of herself for the good of the people closest to her heart. She was the best wife, the best mother, and the most loyal friend that any person could ever hope to have.  Dragana was the person everyone could turn to in times of need, the advisor that everyone listened to, and the friend that everyone cherished.  Dragana made sure that many of her children’s close friends always felt welcome in her home and her heart.  Dragana loved to solve problems, she enjoyed puzzles and brain teasers and tried to occupy her children and their friends with great puzzles to solve.

Later in life as her children got older and entered high school and college Dragana occupied her time with education in the community college and developed a genuine love for English literature, in addition to her first academic passions of math and science.  English literature and the art of writing really captured Dragana’s imagination, and she enjoyed losing herself in the novels of some of the best English and modern American novelists of the time.

Dragana was very happy to see her son Ivan get married here in Boston to his lovely wife Ivana.  She was blessed to be there for the birth of her two grandchildren Ana and Mark. She loved her grandchildren more than anything else in the world and her grandchildren loved her with all their heart.  Dragana’s grandchildren were very happy that their grandmother and grandfather were always close by and could not wait to go visit with them.

Dragana left an emotional mark on all the people that she loved and were close to her that can never be forgotten.  Dragana gave everyone who knew her a lifetime of beautiful memories, that are now part of all the lives that she touched, and the people that she loved.

Dragana is survived by her husband Svetislav Lazich, her sons Paul and Ivan Lazich, her brother Vladimir Vuković, her niece Vanesa Vuković, her brother and sister-in-law Miodrag and Vera Lazić, her daughter in law Ivana Lazich, and her grandchildren Ana and Mark Lazich.

The family will be holding a small memorial at Goodrich Funeral Home, 128 Washington St, Lynn, MA 01902 between 6 - 8 pm on Thursday November 21st, so that we can say hello share stories, celebrate her life, and remember our wife, mother, and friend in the spirit she would have wanted us to.  A closed service will be held on Friday morning for family and close friends.

Please feel free to send any floral arrangements to the funeral home prior to the memorial.