25. septembra 2002. godine u 44. godini života u mestu Sidnej, država Ohajo, prerano je prestalo da kuca plemenito srce Živorada Petkovića rodom iz Niša, sa stanom u Karol Strimu pored Čikaga. Živorad je umro na radnom mestu, svog prvog radnog dana, kao šofer kamiona VM TRUCKING vlasnika Vladete Markovića. Pokojni Živorad je bio dobar čovek i dobar Srbin koji je dok je bio živ pomagao svima kojima je trabalo. Sveta Gora je prenela pokojnika iz Ohaja u svoj pogrebni zavod u Čikagu. Želja pokojnikove supruge Gordane je da se Živorad prenese u Otadžbinu, u svoj rodni grad Niš, i da tamo bude sahranjen. Duboko ožalošćeni: supruga Gordana, otac Radomir, brat Dragan sa suprugom Violetom i svojom porodicom, kao i mnogobrojna rodbina i prijatelji u Otadžbini i Americi. Oproštajna reč predsednika Udruženja Nišlija i Prijatelja Niša, Gospodina Slobodana Nikolića nad odrom pokojnika Živorada Petkovića u srpskom pravoslavnom pogrebnom zavodu Sveta Gora u Čikagu, 1. oktobra 2002. godine. Ožalošćena Gospođo Gordana, oče Kostiću, tužni skupe! Živorad nas je sve iznenadio njegovim brzim odlaskom. U svojoj 44-oj godini kada je najpotrebniji bio njegovoj porodici i prijateljima, preselio se a da nam nije ni jednim gestom nagovestio svoj rani odlazak. Božija je volja bila da pozove Živorada jer mu je Živorad bio potreban. Jednom sam slušao besedu pokojnog prote Lazića koji reče: Mi nemožemo otići sa ovozemaljskog sveta sa grehovima! Mi se moramo prethodno očistiti od grehova a čistimo se kroz našu bolest i što smo manje bolovali manje smo grešniji bili. Živorad nam je svojim brzim odlaskom pokazao da je bio čist pravednik i gotovo bez greha. Živorad, iako je kratko živeo, on će i dalje ostati da živi u srcima njegove familije, njegovih kumova, njegovih drugova i njegovih prijatelja. Njegov će se život produžiti kroz ljubav njegovih bližnjih i što ga više pominjemo Živorad će duže i duže živeti. U ime kluba NIŠLIJA I PRIJATELjA NIŠA izjavljujem saučešće Živoradovoj supruzi Gospođi Gordani a Živoradu želim da mu Bog podari rajsko naselje. Amin Dear Gordana, We are very sorry for your husband’s death. We can imagine your pain. May God rest Zivorad’s soul and give you comfort and strength to endure these very difficult times. Keep your faith and hope in Christ and he will never abandon you. May Christ’s love and protection be with you always. Please accept this gift as an act of Orthodox Christian love. Our prayers and thoughts are with you. With love in Christ, Kathy and George Mr. & Mrs. George Beshilas donated $1,000.00 to Mrs. Gordana Petkovic SPISAK PRILOŽNIKA FONDU SVETE GORE ZA POMOĆ UDOVICI UPOKOJENOG U GOSPODU ŽIVORADA PETKOVIĆA R. Radivojević, Z. Raković, Z. Zelenović, D. Vučković, G. Kazakov, M. Manojlović, A. Savić, N. Zlatković, M. Šević, B. Pavlović, S. Manojlović, Milan Radenović, D. Petrović, D. Vermenceliev, D. Stevanović – $1,600.00 Nikola Gligorijević NG EXPRESS – 1,120.00 Dejan Zlatković ATA TRUCKING – $1,000.00 George and Kathy Beshilas – $1,000.00 Udruženje Nišlija i prijatelja Niša – $500 Otac Đuro Krošnjar – $440 Vladeta Marković – $200.00 Višeslav Milanović – $200.00 Slobodan Filipović – $200.00 Zoran Jovanović – $200.00 Mike Teofilović – $200.00 Humanitarni Klub Karađorđe – $150.00 BALKAN EXPRESS INC.- $150.00 Otac Aleksandar Ivanović – $140.00 Otac Čeda Kostić – $100.00 Miloš Urošević – $100.00 Snežana Zdravković BOEM – $100.00 Žaklina Stamenković – $100.00 Radoslava Trimovski – $100.00 Porodica Džipković – $100.00 Milija i Ljiljana Pavlović – $100.00 Compass Express Inc. – $100.00 Aleksandar Teofanović – $100.00 Commercial Grocery – $100.00 Boba Obradović – $100.00 Vojo Golub – $100.00 Dragan Petrić – $100.00 Siniša Jevtović – $100.00 Milan Despot – $100.00 Dragan Čalović – $100.00 Milan Petrović DSD Delicatessen, Inc. – $100.00 Miodrag Ilić – $100.00 Banat Engineering Service Co. – $100.00 Svetlana Đerić – $100.00 Mirko Grabež – $100.00 Nenad Mijatović – $100.00 Kristijan Šaljanin – $100.00 Olivera Ristić – $100.00 Lazar Milivojević – $100.00 Svemir Vojinović – $100.00 Sava Transport – $100.00 Miroljub Miletić – $100.00 Momir Savić – $100.00 Nebojša Tofilovski – $100.00 Siniša Jevtović – $100.00 Miša Urošević – $100.00 Goran Glodić – $80.00 Dragan Kostić – $60.00 Dragan Šogura – $50.00 Željko Kovačević – $50.00 Cole – $50.00 Milorad Zrnić – $50.00 Brana Mitrović – $50.00 Vasilije Krlović – $50.00 Jovan Gluščević – $50.00 Vukašin Koprivica – $50.00 Zoran Jeremić – $50.00 Mileta Radovanović – $50.00 Jovan Pavlović – $50.00 Saša Kostić – $50.00 Goran Kostić – $50.00 Vaso Dragićević – $50.00 Milija Miloradović – $50.00 Boban i Aneta Dodevski – $50.00 Lois Easley – $50.00 Stojan Đukić – $50.00 Ljubomir Regoja – $50.00 Simo Panić – $50.00 Mlađen Ivanović – $50.00 Sava Lazić – $50.00 Žarko Golub – $50.00 Radenko Golub – $50.00 Stevo Jajić – $50.00 Zoran Nikitović – $50.00 Janko Jeknić – $50.00 Gradimir Đokić – $50.00 Dragan Kuzmanović – $50.00 Dragan Drešević – $50.00 Slavko Vasilić – $50.00 Ratomir Ocokoljić – $50.00 Andrija Kušić – $50.00 Milutin Kušić – $50.00 Mikan Kušić – $50.00 Dejan Komadinić – $50.00 Goran Milivojević – $50.00 Milan Lazarević – $50.00 Srećko Janković – $40.00 Tanja i Lazar Vitor – $40.00 Miro Kuntić – $40.00 Zvonko Tijanić – $40.00 Marija Miculinić – $30.00 Slobodan Obradović – $30.00 Dragan Stevanović – $30.00 Piotr Gralczyj – $30.00 Dragan Bursać – $30.00 Dušica Gojković – $25.00 Dušica Stanković – $20.00 Nenad Joksimović – $20.00 Zdravko V. – $20.00 Bob Van Houten – $20.00 Miroslav Mrkšić – $20.00 Sekula Vujović – $20.00 Dragan Kostić – $20.00 Damjan Vujanović – $20.00 Čedo Relja – $20.00 Milovan Konatarević – $20.00 Milisav Petrović – $20.00 Milan Popović – $20.00 Lazo Durman – $20.00 Zoran Đorđević – $20.00 Milan Tarbuk – $20.00 Milan Ivošević – $20.00 Sveto Pucar – $20.00 Dobrivoje Mitić – $20.00 Vukašin Spasojević – $20.00 Nenad Anđelović – $20.00 Lazar Kurčubić – $20.00 Zlatomir Milutinović – $20.00 Dušan Gošić – $20.00 Pera Novaković – $20.00 Sale – $20.00 Darko Temunović – $20.00 Radojko Danilović – $20.00 Boro Savićević – $20.00 Dragan Jakić – $20.00 Dragan Lazić – $20.00 Petar Georgijev – $20.00 Čeda – $20.00 Kića – $20.00 Dejan Ocokoljić – $20.00 Mirko Sajić – $20.00 Emil Tokev – $20.00 Ivica Anđelkovski – $20.00 Wesley Zabielsky – $20.00 Goran Karović – $20.00 Tom Whellan – $20.00 Armand Balliu – $20.00 Zoran Miodragović – $15.00 Toma Karać – $10.00 Petar Vukanić – $10.00 Dragić Savić – $10.00 Momo Bojović – $10.00 Ljuba Radulović – $10.00 Dobrivoje Stojković – $10.00 Miodrag Lukić – $10.00 Vukman Vukanić – $10.00 Pavle Vukanić – $10.00 Rade Milojević – $10.00 Đorđe Durman – $10.00 Sreto Stevanović – $10.00 Emil Valtchev – $10.00 Georgije Stoykov – $10.00 Kiril Atanassov – $10.00 Aleksandar Velkoski – $10.00 Albert Beluli – $10.00 Krum Iordanov – $10.00 Emil Miletiev – $10.00 Latchezar Tountchev – $10.00 Dragan Đeliković – $5.00 Kiril Kaplanov – $5.00 Ova čitulja ostaće zauvek na internetu kao večna uspomena na Živorada Petkovića.