IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER RAFAEL – FEBRUARY 2 1944 – APRIL 4TH 2004

Moj brat Rafael je rođe na Svijećnicu 2 veljače 1944. godine. Prilažem sliku službene potvrde djece naših roditelja Petra i Ive Boban. Tu na toj službenoj potvrdi se vidi da su naši roditelji ima sina Rafu rođen 13 kolovoza 1942., umro 13 siječnja 1943. Po priči naših roditelja oni su dali prvom sinu ime Rafo na uspomenu generala hrvatske vojske Nezavisne Države Hrvatske Rafael Boban. Kada je njihov prvi sin Rafo umro, zavjetovali su kada im se rodi idući sin, da će mu dati ime Rafael, kao uspomenu za hrvatskog vojnika Ranka Boban.

Moj brat Rafael je rastao i odrastao u selu Bobanova Draga gdje je bio i rođen. Kada sam ja napustio Bobanovu Dragu 1957., mojem bratu Rafaelu je bilo12 godina. Naravno da je znao da sam ja u Parizu i uvijek je on želio doći k meni u Pariz. Tako je u veljači 1962. godine on, moj brat Rafael i naš rodijak Jerko Grubišić koji sada živi u Chicagu su potajno napustili naše selo Bobanova Draga i s mjesta na mjesto, preko Slovenije i Italije su došli 20 veljače 1962. godine kod mene u Paris na adresu 60 Rue de Paris, Charenton, Siene, France.

Moj brat Rafael je otišao iz Pariza za Ameriku, u San Francisko u studenom 1962. Tu je živio sve do svoje mirovine 2003. Tada je prodao svoju kuću u San Mateo, Kalifornija i otišao živjeti u selo Bobanova Draga gdje se je rodio. Tu je napravio sebi jednu vrlo lijepu kuću. Tu je živio sam ali je svaki dan išao posjećivati svoju sestru Matiju koja je živjela u blizini. Tako se je on šetao kroz svoje selo Bobanova Draga i uživao u toj šetnji. Jedan dan se on nije pojavio kod svoje sestre Matije što je nju uveliko iznenadilo. Ona ga je otišla posjetiti i našla ga na krevetu ni živ ni mrtav. Imao je srčani udar ali je još davao znaka života. Sestra Matija je odmah nazvala hitnu koja je ubrzo došla, odvela brata Rafaela u Mostar u bolnicu, gdje je drugi ili treći dan umro 4 travnja 2004.

Neka ovo bude moja USPOMENA i USPOMENA za sve nas.

Počivao u Miru Božjem! dragi moj brate Rafael.

P.U.M.

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My brother Rafael was born on Candlemas Day, February 2, 1944. I am attaching a picture of the official certificate of the children of our parents Petr and Iva Boban. On that official certificate that our parents have a son, Rafa, born on August 13, 1942, died on January 13, 1943. According to the story of our parents, they named their first son Rafo in memory of the general of the Croatian army of the independent State of Croatia, Rafael Boban. When their first son Rafo died, they vowed that when their next son was born, they would name him Rafael, as a memory of the Croatian soldier Ranka Boban.

            

My brother Rafael grew up in the village of Bobanova Draga, where he was born. When I left Bobanova Draga in 1957, my brother Rafael was 12 years old. Of course, he knew that I was in Paris, and he always wanted to come to me in Paris. So, in February 1962, he, my brother Rafael and our cousin Jerko Grubišić, who now lives in Chicago, secretly left our village of Bobanova Draga and from place to place, via Slovenia, Italy, came to me in Pais on February 20, 1962. address 60 Rue de Paris, Charenton, Siena, France.

My brother Rafael left Paris for America, to San Francisco in November 1962. He lived there until his retirement in 2003. Then he sold his house in San Mateo, California and went to live in the village of Bobanova Draga where he was born. There he built himself a very nice house. He lived there alone, but every day he went to visit his sister Matija, who lived nearby. So, he walked through his village of Bobanova Draga and enjoyed that walk. One day he did not show up at his sister Matija’s place, which surprised her greatly. She went to visit him and found him on the bed, neither alive nor dead. He had a heart attack but was still showing signs of life. Sister Matija immediately called an ambulance, which came soon, took brother Rafael to Mostar to the hospital, where he died on the second or third day, April 4, 2004.

Let this be my MEMORY and MEMORY for all of us.

REST IN PEACE – RIP – my dear Brother Rafael.

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