It is with great sadness that ‘George’ of George Garage, 3815 Saint-Jacques Street, Saint-Henri has died at the age of 90.
But who was George? His name was Mladen Pozezanac and at the age of 19, he and 2 other friends, Leo Spigelski and Zlatko Duzanec, tempted fate and escaped communist Yugoslavia. They chose a stormy night, so border guards could not see them fleeing in the heavy rain – luck had smiled on them, as people were regularly shot trying to escape.
After 6 challenging years travelling across Europe, going from Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, and Luxembourg, they set their horizon towards a land of opportunity: Canada. With only 10 dollars in his pocket, Mladen was ambitious and determined to own his future in his newfound home. Through a lot of hard work, determination and help of old and newfound friends, Mladen was able to open his own business as a Shell Franchisee, and then later going independent becoming George Garage. To this day, George Garage remains an indispensable and beloved institution of the Saint-Henri neighborhood. With customers coming back time and time again, far, and wide, the community bestowed him a name of affection: George.
George Garage is a family business with his wife Rita, son Alan and grandsons Simon and Mathieu. A special thank you to the extended George Garage family permanent employees Maurice Dossett, still working at George Garage today, and Yvan Peretic and Gary Dossett (both deceased). George Garage is a small but dynamic business and is considered one of the best garages in Montreal on Local Blogs.
Typical of the immigrant story, Mladen helped his family back home and even sponsored his two brothers to join him in Canada, who started businesses of their own. He is predeceased by his sister Nada, and brothers Zvonko, Branko and sisters-in law Branka and Marguerite respectively.
Mladen was a talented musician, playing piano and accordion with no formal training and could replicate any song he heard. He loved music, cars, swimming in his pool, soccer, baseball, and tennis. In fact, at 19, Mladen was president of his local tennis club and played in the Croatian open. He never missed a grand slam or world series.
He leaves behind his devoted wife Rita Dusablon of 63 years, his children Suzanne, Alan and Carole, his grand-children, Simon, Adrian, Mathieu, Alexandre and Justine, and his son in-law Louis, daughter in-law Catherine, nieces Karmen, Ksenija, Edita, Nella, Sylvia, and Nancy in grief.
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