GLAVINICH, JR., Vide "Vic"

On Jan. 13, Vide “Vic” Glavinich Jr. died in a nursing home in Ontario, Calif., from complications due to heart attack, restricted arteries and recent strokes. He was born July 8, 1926, to Louise and Vide Glavinich Sr. in the beautiful high country mountains of Leadville. He and his brothers and sisters were raised by his father, who had been blinded in a mining accident. Later, Glavinich found his one and only true love, Darlene Leigh, and they married on Sept 25, 1949. They couple purchased a home in Leadville, which needed some serious renovation. Nearly three years later, after taking a vacation to California during 1952, the couple moved to southern California. The couple had their first child, Cindy, in Leadville, and then had two more children after the move to California. Glavinich had numerous jobs over the first several years, some of which were working in rock quarries, as a rocket-test technician for Aero Jet and in the plastics division for the aerospace industry. He even worked at Santa Anita racetrack in the cafeteria and personally knew the famous jockey, Willie Shoemaker. He was a hard worker and always mentioned to his family that there wasn’t anything he couldn’t do if he put his mind to it. His children and grandchildren have been deeply affected by that attitude. In Glavinich’s later years, he worked extremely hard to acquire his real-estate license, which he eventually did and then started his first office job working for Red Carpet Realty. He was highly successful and accomplished at this career, due to his honesty and integrity among his clients. He was always involved in land purchases and investments from his very young years through his very last day, which gave him and his family a much better life with stability. Glavinich will always be remembered as a loving father and husband who always gave of his heart and himself unselfishly. He was known for his personality and kindness and his childlike humorous character and behavior. Glavinich always worked hard, only for the benefit of his family and his children’s success, their goals, their dreams and their everyday challenges. He always turned the other cheek and always forgave others. He could take a bad financial investment, a total disaster and failure, and be able to always laugh out loud over his misfortune, while most others would be crushed and destroyed. In later years, he could never show his real love and affection in a physical action, such as a big hug or just saying, “I love you,” but deep down inside there was an overwhelming love and care for all who were his family and his very dear friends. The Herald Democrat 2007