Tonia was born November 14, 1935 to Louise Thresa (Quarrick) and Anthony George Mirkovich in Brownsville PA.
Tonia graduated from Miami Jackson High School after moving to Florida with her family from Long Island, where she spent her early childhood.
While at Miami Jackson, Tonia excelled in academics and athletics. She was a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society and Editor of her school newspaper. She was an all-State Champion swimmer and Junior Olympian breaking numerous records throughout the State of Florida.
In 1954 Tonia married John Mathew Igler and they resided in Plattsburgh, NY while John was in the Air Force. Their only child, daughter Dawn Marie, was born to them in Plattsburgh in 1958.
The family moved to South Florida to be closer to her family where Tonia started her successful real estate career.
Her fierce drive and competitive nature led her to build a successful real-estate career in Plantation, Florida and later moving that career to the Winter Springs area in 1978, where she was consistently one of the top listing agents in her neighborhood of Tuscawilla Country Club. She was a multi-million dollar producer who closed over 300 residential real-estate transactions.
Tonia had a passion for Italian opera and could converse for hours on the relative merits of Placido Domingo vs Jose Carreras vs Luciano Pavoratti. She had an enormous respect for lifelong learning and political philosophy and filled her bookshelves with political and philosophical tomes.
Her interest in athletic competition never waned- she waited every year with great anticipation the coming season of baseball to begin to cheer on her lifelong favorite team, the New York Yankees.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony and Louise; her younger sister Arlene and Arlene’s children, Terri and Robert Thomas; her sister Geraldine Ledet and her brother, Anthony Mirkovich.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, John Matthew and her daughter, Dawn Marie; her sister Lorraine Voelker of Davie, Florida; her nieces Christina Voelker of Davie, Florida and Lisa Tiralosi of Heathrow, Florida, and Jennifer Mirkovich of Plantation Florida; and her nephews Daniel Mirkovich of Sunrise Florida, and Michael Ledet of Shreveport, LA.
A Mass for the Repose of the Soul will be held for Tonia at St. Stephen Catholic Church, 575 Tuskawilla Rd, Winter Springs, FL 32708, on September 10, 2021 at 1:00pm.
In lieu of flowers, please send a donative to the Padre Pio Foundation of America: https://padrepio.com/giving/donations/
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