Zdravko "Bill" Bilic of Saratoga died on Oct. 3. He was 63

Bilic was the son of Nikola and Stoyka Bilic of Gornje Hrasno, Hercegivina. At the age of 18 he moved to Frankfurt, Germany, to follow his dream of becoming a Mercedes specialist. Employed by Mercedes, Bilic spent time in Australia, in Guam, where he worked on U.S. Navy fighter jets and in Alaska. He traveled to America in 1970 and settled in Saratoga. He founded European Cars in Sunnyvale with his partner of more than 30 years, Mato Kusalo.

Bilic was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union and the Slavonian American Benevolent Society.

He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Radoyka Bilic; children, Diana and Nicholas Bilic; sisters, Ilka Sutalo and Janje Raguz; father-in-law, Obrad Kosich; several nieces, nephews and cousins; and his caregiver, Harrot Baker.

A vigil service was held at the Alameda Family Funeral Home in San Jose on Oct. 6, followed by a private funeral and burial. The family welcomes donations made in his name to Hospice of the Valley, 1150 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 7A, San Jose, CA 95128.

Williamson D. Cunningham

Williamson Dee Cunningham, 81, died Sept. 23 due to complications from Parkinson's disease.

Cunningham was born in Alameda. A graduate of Fremont High School in Oakland, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford. He served in the Army Air Force as a weather observer in the South Pacific during World War II. In 1954, while living in Hawaii, he met and married Shirlee Davish. Together they raised two children and lived in Burlingame, San Bruno, San Jose and Campbell before building their home in Saratoga.

Cunningham worked briefly for PG&E and General Electric before he started a long career at IBM. He enjoyed the outdoors, creative projects and travel.

Cunningham is survived by his son Brian Cunningham, daughter Gaylen Thomson and his sister Relda Poffenroth. His wife died in 2004.