I am thankful for the opportunity and privilege to have known such a fine gentleman, and would like to take the time to share memories of him with you to celebrate his life as well as cherish and memorialize his memory.
Sava was born to a great family. His mother played an active role in serving the school children in her community by working at Neuqua Valley High School. His brother followed in Sava’s heroic footsteps by serving our country as an elite combatant in the Army’s Ranger division. He married the love of his life, my close family friend Megan Basic, whom he dated throughout middle and high school. He was truly devoted to Megan, and it showed.
He dedicated his life to serving and protecting the community as a Bolingbrook Police Officer #1183. He represented his station as a powerlifting champion with a 600lb bench press. Sava was a leader not only in the weight room, on the football field, or in his uniform; growing up he was courageous and compassionate enough to engage in conversation with, watch over, and protect my brother who suffers from Downs Syndrome whenever possible at school.
These anecdotal stories could never completely encompass or define Sava, but I hope they serve to illuminate the characteristics that he embodied, particularly: valor, integrity, compassion, wisdom, and selflessness.
