Obituary of Carol Jean Zivic

Carol Jean Zivic

Carol Jean Zivic went to be with our Lord on February 17, 2024.  The former Carol Jean Engebretsen was born in 1939 in Escanaba, MI to parents John Leif Engebretsen and Marion Stuart (Perkins) Engebretsen.  Carol graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, MI in 1957.  She attended the Gogebic Community College in Ironwood until 1959 when she married William Thomas Zivic, Sr.  After son William Thomas Zivic, Jr. was born in 1960, the family moved to Tucson, AZ where Bill, Sr. worked for the Tucson Police Department as a detective.  Carol became involved in the family art business when they opened an art gallery in the Tucson Mall.  She did the matting, framing, and bookkeeping for the business.  The Zivic’s ran Zivic Art Studio in the Tucson Mall from 1982 to 2002 when they both retired.  Carol was a kind and caring person who lived life the way our Lord would want us to live it.  She had a good sense of humor, and was always ready to help anyone in need.  Family and many friends will miss her.  She was preceded in death by her parents.  Carol is survived by her husband William T. Zivic, Sr., sons William (Susan), John (Tamera), grandchildren Jerald, Steven, and Samantha, and great-grandchildren Laurel, Roselyn, and Fox.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Our Morther Of Sorrow Catholic Church, 1800 S. Kold, Tucson March 5th at 11:00am.