Gorica Sokolovic of Malden, MA, passed away Saturday, June 27 after a brief illness at Massachusetts General Hospital in the company of her loving children. She was 80 years old. Gorica was born in Serbia on March 2, 1946, and she was the oldest child of Mihaijlo and Ruzica Rancic. She was a bright student and had a successful career as an engineer and professor. She was also a prominent member of the Federal Parliament of the former Yugoslavia for 4 years.

She is predeceased by her husband, Branislav Sokolovic, who she married on 8/16/70. Together they relocated their family to the United States in 1988, first settling in Jacksonville FL before finally moving to Malden in 1997. Before fully retiring, she found a new love of working in the customer service industry as a server at her local Dunkin Donuts; a job she loved immensely for its ability to introduce her to new people she could converse with daily.

She is survived by her son Jovan and his wife Danijela Sokolovic of Malden, her daughter Melissa and her husband Bryan Lawless of Bedford NH and her four grandsons, Nicholas, Alexander, Noah and Luke, all of whom she adored more than anything else in the world.

She will be remembered for her probing but caring questions, her curiosity about her loved ones’ well-being, and the pure joy she felt being at home surrounded by her family.

A private grave side service will be held at Forestdale cemetery in Malden.