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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271593
Title: Ottilia "Tillie" Volesky
Date: 5/6/1929-5/1/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 5/6/1929
Summary: Ottilia “Tillie” Volesky, 95, of Dickinson, ND, passed away May 1, 2025, at CHI St. Alexius Health in Dickinson. Funeral Mass was held May 6, 2025, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Dickinson with Monsignor Thomas Richter celebrating. Entombment was at the Dickinson Mausoleum. Tillie Karsky was born May 6, 1929, in Dunn County, the daughter of Frank and Emma (Marsh) Karsky. She grew up on the family farm in Dunn County and attended country school first grade, and New Hradec School second through eighth grade. Tillie went to Dickinson High School (Hagen) for one year. She continued to work on the home farm until getting married. On October 20, 1947, Tillie was united in marriage to Robert F. Volesky at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in New Hradec. They had five sons, Wilfred, Alvin, Kevin, Kenny, and Keith, and two daughters, Roberta and Karla. In 1948 they moved to a farm in Billings County. In January of 1960, they moved to a new farmstead about a mile away and farmed for the next 35 years. Tillie was a busy farmwife. Tillie and Bob retired from farming and moved to Dickinson in 1982. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, playing cards, attending the grandchildren’s activities, and visiting family and friends. Tillie was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church and Catholic Workman’s. In 1993, her family received the KC Family of the Month Award. Tillie is survived by her two daughters, Roberta Ficek and Karla (Russ) Schank, of Dickinson; four sons, Wilfred (Kathy) Volesky, of Bismarck, ND, Ken (Bobbie) Volesky, Dickinson, Kevin (Brenda) Volesky, Belfield, ND, and Keith (Tami Carter) Volesky, Broomfield, CO; daughter-in-law, Dawn Volesky, Lakehills, TX; 19 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Ed (Gina) Karsky, Dickinson; sisters-in-law, Rose Marie Kovash and Gladys Volesky both of Dickinson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Emma Karsky; her husband, Robert; son, Alvin; son-in-law, Gordon Ficek; sister, Elsie Sadowsky; brothers, Laudie, Ludwig, Otto, Frank, and Albert.
Red ID: FND_I_79090 Image ID: 525770 Image Notes: FND001 271593

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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