Michael Butkovich, II Aurora, IL Michael (Mike) Stephen Butkovich, II, passed away on September 16, 2004 after a fatal heart attack at home. Mike was a 1983 graduate of Aurora East High School. He majored in Physics at Illinois University at the Champaign-Urbana Campus. Mike also had associates of science degrees in physics, mathematics, pre-engineering from Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove. Many Chicagoland Hallmark Card retailers will remember Mike from years of remodeling their stores. Presently, Mike worked at the Ace Hardware on New York St. in Aurora, where he made friends and may have helped you. Mike also made connections to people through Waubonsee Community College. He began tutoring students in November of 1999 and was currently a computer lab support specialist at Henning Computer Center at Waubonsee's Sugar Grove Campus. Mike cared for and enjoyed helping people. Take time with your family and friends and remember Mike with a smile for his sense of humor. Remembered with love by his parents: Michael and Linda (Dobbs) Butkovich of Aurora, Illinois; paternal grandmother: Tillie Carey of Holland Home, South Holland, Illinois; aunts and uncles: George and Amy (Landrum) Butkovich of Plymouth, Minnesota, James and Karen (Butkovich) Walsko of Hammond, Indiana, Thomas and Vera (Pergl) Butkovich of Libertyville, Illinois, Alfred Ray and Lois (Weaver) Dobbs of Mobile, Alabama; many cousins across the United States, friends, neighbors and coworkers. Services were private.