Lillian A. Pavlish, 91, Dickinson, ND, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at St. Benedict’s Health Center, Dickinson. Lillian’s Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 12, 2007 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Dickinson, with Fr. Jim Braaten as the celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson. There will be a rosary and vigil at 7 p.m., Wednesday at Ladbury Funeral Service, with Deacon Ray Jilek presiding.
Ludmilla “Lillian” A. Kubas was born June 4, 1916 on the family farm north of South Heart, ND, the daughter of Louis and Anna (Ridl) Kubas. She was raised and educated north of South Heart.
Lillian married Frank J. Pavlish on November 5, 1935 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, New Hradec, ND. They lived in Dickinson where she worked at the Bon Ton Bakery and then for many years as a custodian for Dickinson State College at Pulver Hall, retiring in the mid 1970’s. In her spare time she enjoyed sewing dresses for her nieces, decorating cakes, working in her flower garden, crocheting, and was very proud of her ‘64 Chevy Impala 2-door.
Lillian is survived by three sisters, Frances Fisher, Dickinson, Jenny Wolf, Fargo, and Gladys (Lawrence) Hlebechuk, Dickinson; sister-in-law, Lillian Hoerner, Dickinson; a special niece and caregiver, Noreen (Von) Johnson, Belfield; and several other niece and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband in October of 1973, her parents, two sisters, Sophie Kubas and Emma Ficek, her brother and sister-in-law, Joe L. and Barbara Kubas, and three brothers-in-law, Adolph Ficek, Adolph Fisher and Anthony Wolf.
