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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271866
Title: LaVern O. Malinski
Date: 4/28/1926-11/17/2020
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Inscription/Marks: 4/28/1926
Summary: LaVern O. Malinski, 94, formerly of Carrington, ND, passed away November 17, 2020, due to COVID-19 at Ava Maria Village in Jamestown, ND. LaVern’s funeral service was held at Grace Lutheran Church, Carrington, in the Summer of 2021, Burial followed at the Carrington Cemetery, Carrington. LaVern O. Hart was born April 28, 1926, the daughter of Edward and Bertha Hart, in Chaseley, ND. There were 13 siblings she grew up with. LaVern attended two years of high school in Chaseley, and her last two in Bowdon, ND. At that time, she worked for the Bowdon Telephone Company as a telephone operator until she graduated, working evenings and weekends. After graduation, she moved to San Francisco, CA, and worked for the Naval Shop Yards Office as a payroll clerk. She then returned home and on June 10, 1944, she married Adam Malinski. They raised four daughters on their farm, which was located 13 miles south of Sykeston, ND. They had milking cows, beef cattle, and horses on the farm. She was a 4-H leader for many years and her daughters kept her busy with their sewing projects. In recognition of her great work, the family was honored with a foreign exchange student from Taiwan for a summer and later they were a host family for a young girl from the inner city of Chicago. She was a member of the New Home Lutheran Church and a Sunday School teacher, Vacation Bible School teacher, and member of the LWML serving as president and secretary. She served as a resident of the Sykeston PTA and also resident of the state PTA. In the fall of 1972, they sold the farm and moved to Carrington, and started a Sears Authorized Catalogue Sales Store, which was located on Main Street of Carrington. They also opened the Carrington Floral Store next door. LaVern was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary serving as president and chairman of the Membership Drive. She served as a state board member and district president. She also served as a delegate to the National Auxiliary in New Orleans. She became a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Carrington, serving as LWML president and secretary and enjoyed serving lunches. After selling the sears and floral store, she started a new career in 1983, working for Foster County Housing Authority and retired after 29 years of service in 2012. She enjoyed bowling with her daughter, Dianne Bollen on five national Tournaments. Her seamstress work was always called upon in the community. She was a member of the Carrington Toast Master Club, and also the Edmunds Toast Master Club, while on the farm. She enjoyed having all her daughters at home at one time. LaVern is survived by her four daughters, Sheila Foos, Covina, CA, Dianne Bollen, Covina, CA, Gail Marsolek, Jamestown, ND, and Pamela Twardy (Jimmy Ray), Apple Valley, MN; two grandsons, Jonathan (Shauna) Marsolek, Jamestown, ND, and Jordan Malinski, Billings, MT; sisters, Arliss Koehler, Fargo, ND, Jean King, West Palm Beach, FL, and Kay Brackin, Sacramento, CA; and sister-in-law, Betty Hart.   She was preceded in death by her husband of 74 years, Adam; her parents, Edward and Bertha (Barchus) Hart; sisters, Fern (Hank) Flanders, Gladys (George) Daniels, Lois (Gay) Houghton, Joanne (Norman) Heintz; brothers, Orval (Alyce) Hart, Myron (Jean) Hart, Carol (Iris) Hart, Clayton (Audrey) Hart, Warren (Betty) Hart, Garry (Betty) Hart; sons-in-law, Charles “Bo” Bollen, Ron Marsolek, and Mark Foos; and one grandson, Joshua Adam Marsolek.
Red ID: FND_I_79361 Image ID: 538442 Image Notes: FND001 271866

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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