KLEINERT, DEANNA ZIVKOVIC, June 21, 1952 – December 16, 2006

Deanna Zivkovic Kleinert slipped away Saturday, December 16, 2006, from the agonizing ravages of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic CNS Chemical Hypersensitivity. For her, it’s a new horizon, “a white beach – and beyond – a far green country under a swift sunrise” – an indomitable spirit no longer encumbered by a devastated body.

Deanna was born June 21, 1952 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; eldest daughter of Ruth and Zivko Zivkovic. The family moved west where she spent her formative years in Malad, Idaho. Deanna graduated from Malad High School and later attended Brigham Young University, majoring in German and European Studies. Following graduation from BYU, she accepted a position with the administrative headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Frankfurt, Germany, first for the real estate division and later with the European legal counsel. Thereafter, she worked as a bi-lingual partner secretary for Price Waterhouse, Frankfurt, Germany.

Deanna met and married the love of her life, Karl Kleinert in Frankfurt in 1976; ceremony solemnized in the Swiss Temple. The young couple left Europe in 1979, settling in Salt lake City where she worked as a legal assistant for several law firms over the next 20 years.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Karl H. Kleinert, West Jordan; mother, Ruth Zivkovic, Salt Lake City; sister, Gina Zivkovic, Salt Lake City; brother, Andre Zivkovic, Boise, Idaho, brother David Zivkovic, Malad, Idaho; ten nieces and nephews; and one great-niece; preceded in death by her father.

We mourn the untimely loss of our cherished wife, sister, daughter, and friend. Her keen intellect, wicked sense of humor, engaging smile, infectious enthusiasm, gracious charm, generous heart, loyal friendship, and perhaps most of all unfulfilled dreams.

Funeral services were held Saturday, December 23, 2006 in the West Jordan Mountain View Stake Center, West Jordan, Utah.