Obituary for Nedzad Brkic
NEDZAD BRKIC
March 12, 1961 - January 25, 2021
On Monday, January 25, 2021, Nedzad Brkic, beloved father, husband, son and brother, passed away suddenly at age 59. A native of Tešanj, Bosnia, Nedzad immigrated to Canada with his wife Tatjana in the fall of 1993. They both attended Dalhousie University, graduating with their MBAs before moving to Winnipeg, which would become their home.
In 1997, Nedzad began his career in Canada at Great West Life, before moving to Credit Union Central of Manitoba, where he spent many happy years, eventually becoming Director of Planning, Research and Knowledge Transfer. He made great friends over his 20 years at CUCM and was a warm and jovial fixture at many a staff holiday party.
Nedzad was a devoted father to his daughter Adriana, active in the daycare and later school community at Ecole St Germain. He would often visit to chaperone field trips, bring his famous cheese pie to class parties, and coach students in the chess club. In later years, Nedzad coached the junior varsity basketball team at College Jeanne-Sauvé and was a great supporter of the school’s music program.
Active in his community, Nedzad was passionate about supporting new immigrants to Canada, serving on the board of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba, and also coached their youth soccer team. He was enormously proud of their success and felt deep affection for the organization and its work.
Nedzad spent his youth in Bosnia exploring the beautiful nature around Tešanj and working hard to be an excellent student. An avid comic-book reader, chess player and science fiction fan, Nedzad was popular with his classmates and a known figure in local student cafes and hangouts. He attended university in Bosnia’s capital city of Sarajevo and, in 1985 embarked on a fateful trip to Russia where he met his beloved wife of 34 years, Tatjana. Over the decades, they would raise a family and travel the world together - from sunny Tunisia to snowy Aspen and many, many voyages in between.
He had a genial and disarming character, and though some were initially intimidated by his height and “Russian accent”, he would soon win them over with a joke, a firm handshake, or a story of his many lives as a Yugoslavian, a Canadian, and a world traveller. He is survived and sorely missed, by his wife Tatjana, his daughter Adriana, his mother Adila, his sister, Nadja and his nephew Edvin. He is predeceased by his father, Muhamed.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Careertrek Inc. or IRCOM.
U ponedjeljak, 25. januara 2021. godine, Nedžad Brkić, voljeni otac, suprug, sin i brat, iznenada je preminuo u 59. godini. Rodom iz Tešnja u Bosni i Hercegovini Nedžad je sa suprugom Tatjanom emigrirao u Kanadu u jesen 1993. Godine, gde su skupa pohadjali Univerzitet Dalhousie, i dobilii magisterij sa MBA dezignacijom. Po zavrsetku studija Nedžad i Tatjana preseljavaju u Winnipeg, koji će postati njihov dom.
1997. Nedzad je započeo karijeru u Kanadi u kompaniji Great West Life, prije nego što se preselio u Credit Union Central Manitobe, gdje je proveo mnogo sretnih godina, da bi na kraju karijere postao direktor planiranja, istraživanja i prijenosa znanja. Stekao je sjajne prijatelje tokom svojih 20 godina u CUCM-u. Bio je zapazen kao topao i veseo čovjek na mnogim prazničnim proslavama.
Nedzad je bio privrženi otac svoje kćeri Adriane, aktivan u vrtićima, a kasnije i u školskoj zajednici u Ecole St Germain. Često bi posjećivao izlete sa pratiteljem, donosio svoju poznatu sirnicu na razredne zabave i podučavao učenike u šahovskom klubu. U kasnijim godinama, Nedzad je trenirao srednjoškolski košarkaški tim na koledžu Jeanne-Sauvé i bio je sjajna podrška školskom muzičkom programu.
Aktivan u svojoj zajednici, Nedzad je bio strastven u pružanju podrške novim imigrantima u Kanadi, služio je u odboru Organizacije Imigrantske i Izbjegličke zajednice iz Manitobe (IRCOM), a također je trenirao njihov mladi fudbalski tim. Bio je izuzetno ponosan na njihov uspjeh i osjećao je duboku naklonost prema organizaciji i njenom radu.
Nedžad je mladost proveo u Bosni istražujući prekrasnu prirodu oko Tešnja i trudeći se da bude odličan student. Strastveni čitatelj stripova, šahista i ljubitelj naučne fantastike, Nedžad je bio omiljen kod svojih školskih kolega i poznata ličnosti u lokalnim kafićima i druženjima. Studirao je na univerzitetu u Sarajevu, glavnom gradu Bosne i Hercegovini. 1985. godine krenuo je na sudbonosno putovanje u Rusiju, gdje je upoznao svoju voljenu suprugu Tatjanu sa kojom je prove 37 godina svog života i 34 godine braka. Tokom decenija stvorili su porodicu i dom te su zajedno putovali svijetom - od sunčanog Tunisa do snježnog Aspena i mnogih avantura i putovanja između.
Imao je vedar i razoružavajući karakter, i premda su se neki u početku plašili njegove visine i "ruskog naglaska", ubrzo bi ih pridobio šalom, čvrstim stiskom ruke ili pričom o svojim mnogim životima kao Jugosloven, Kanađanin , i svjetski putnik. Nadživeli su ga, i jako im nedostaje, kćerka Adriana, supruga Tatjana, mati Adila, sestra Nađa i nećak Edvin. Preminuo je samo četiri godine nakon svog oca Muhameda.
Umjesto cvijeća, razmotrite donaciju Careertrek Inc. ili IRCOM.
A private Memorial service will be held
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 12 p.m.
livestream link:
http://www.livememorialservices.com/Home/ServiceDetail/10285
March 12, 1961 - January 25, 2021
On Monday, January 25, 2021, Nedzad Brkic, beloved father, husband, son and brother, passed away suddenly at age 59. A native of Tešanj, Bosnia, Nedzad immigrated to Canada with his wife Tatjana in the fall of 1993. They both attended Dalhousie University, graduating with their MBAs before moving to Winnipeg, which would become their home.
In 1997, Nedzad began his career in Canada at Great West Life, before moving to Credit Union Central of Manitoba, where he spent many happy years, eventually becoming Director of Planning, Research and Knowledge Transfer. He made great friends over his 20 years at CUCM and was a warm and jovial fixture at many a staff holiday party.
Nedzad was a devoted father to his daughter Adriana, active in the daycare and later school community at Ecole St Germain. He would often visit to chaperone field trips, bring his famous cheese pie to class parties, and coach students in the chess club. In later years, Nedzad coached the junior varsity basketball team at College Jeanne-Sauvé and was a great supporter of the school’s music program.
Active in his community, Nedzad was passionate about supporting new immigrants to Canada, serving on the board of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba, and also coached their youth soccer team. He was enormously proud of their success and felt deep affection for the organization and its work.
Nedzad spent his youth in Bosnia exploring the beautiful nature around Tešanj and working hard to be an excellent student. An avid comic-book reader, chess player and science fiction fan, Nedzad was popular with his classmates and a known figure in local student cafes and hangouts. He attended university in Bosnia’s capital city of Sarajevo and, in 1985 embarked on a fateful trip to Russia where he met his beloved wife of 34 years, Tatjana. Over the decades, they would raise a family and travel the world together - from sunny Tunisia to snowy Aspen and many, many voyages in between.
He had a genial and disarming character, and though some were initially intimidated by his height and “Russian accent”, he would soon win them over with a joke, a firm handshake, or a story of his many lives as a Yugoslavian, a Canadian, and a world traveller. He is survived and sorely missed, by his wife Tatjana, his daughter Adriana, his mother Adila, his sister, Nadja and his nephew Edvin. He is predeceased by his father, Muhamed.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Careertrek Inc. or IRCOM.
U ponedjeljak, 25. januara 2021. godine, Nedžad Brkić, voljeni otac, suprug, sin i brat, iznenada je preminuo u 59. godini. Rodom iz Tešnja u Bosni i Hercegovini Nedžad je sa suprugom Tatjanom emigrirao u Kanadu u jesen 1993. Godine, gde su skupa pohadjali Univerzitet Dalhousie, i dobilii magisterij sa MBA dezignacijom. Po zavrsetku studija Nedžad i Tatjana preseljavaju u Winnipeg, koji će postati njihov dom.
1997. Nedzad je započeo karijeru u Kanadi u kompaniji Great West Life, prije nego što se preselio u Credit Union Central Manitobe, gdje je proveo mnogo sretnih godina, da bi na kraju karijere postao direktor planiranja, istraživanja i prijenosa znanja. Stekao je sjajne prijatelje tokom svojih 20 godina u CUCM-u. Bio je zapazen kao topao i veseo čovjek na mnogim prazničnim proslavama.
Nedzad je bio privrženi otac svoje kćeri Adriane, aktivan u vrtićima, a kasnije i u školskoj zajednici u Ecole St Germain. Često bi posjećivao izlete sa pratiteljem, donosio svoju poznatu sirnicu na razredne zabave i podučavao učenike u šahovskom klubu. U kasnijim godinama, Nedzad je trenirao srednjoškolski košarkaški tim na koledžu Jeanne-Sauvé i bio je sjajna podrška školskom muzičkom programu.
Aktivan u svojoj zajednici, Nedzad je bio strastven u pružanju podrške novim imigrantima u Kanadi, služio je u odboru Organizacije Imigrantske i Izbjegličke zajednice iz Manitobe (IRCOM), a također je trenirao njihov mladi fudbalski tim. Bio je izuzetno ponosan na njihov uspjeh i osjećao je duboku naklonost prema organizaciji i njenom radu.
Nedžad je mladost proveo u Bosni istražujući prekrasnu prirodu oko Tešnja i trudeći se da bude odličan student. Strastveni čitatelj stripova, šahista i ljubitelj naučne fantastike, Nedžad je bio omiljen kod svojih školskih kolega i poznata ličnosti u lokalnim kafićima i druženjima. Studirao je na univerzitetu u Sarajevu, glavnom gradu Bosne i Hercegovini. 1985. godine krenuo je na sudbonosno putovanje u Rusiju, gdje je upoznao svoju voljenu suprugu Tatjanu sa kojom je prove 37 godina svog života i 34 godine braka. Tokom decenija stvorili su porodicu i dom te su zajedno putovali svijetom - od sunčanog Tunisa do snježnog Aspena i mnogih avantura i putovanja između.
Imao je vedar i razoružavajući karakter, i premda su se neki u početku plašili njegove visine i "ruskog naglaska", ubrzo bi ih pridobio šalom, čvrstim stiskom ruke ili pričom o svojim mnogim životima kao Jugosloven, Kanađanin , i svjetski putnik. Nadživeli su ga, i jako im nedostaje, kćerka Adriana, supruga Tatjana, mati Adila, sestra Nađa i nećak Edvin. Preminuo je samo četiri godine nakon svog oca Muhameda.
Umjesto cvijeća, razmotrite donaciju Careertrek Inc. ili IRCOM.
A private Memorial service will be held
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 12 p.m.
livestream link:
http://www.livememorialservices.com/Home/ServiceDetail/10285