Irena Đurković 1861 - 1937

Irena was the daughter of the renowned cultural worker from Pančevo, Nikola Đurković, who was also a son-in-law of Novi Bečej. After the death of her parents, Irena moved in with her aunt Julijana Petrović and uncle Mladen Petrović, a municipal clerk, in Novi Bečej.
Upon arriving in Novi Bečej, she began giving private lessons in piano and German. Many residents of Novi Bečej and Vranjevo owe it to Aunt Irena—as everyone called her—that they mastered the German language and piano training.
Until her death, she was a private tutor. With the income from private lessons and her modest needs, she managed to save a significant amount of money, which she left to her friend Jana Kiselički, with whom she had lived for the last twenty years. Grandma-Jana, as we called this elderly woman, buried her and erected this beautiful tombstone.