Leona Pavlicek

Leona Pavlicek, 90, Dickinson, ND, died Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at St. Luke?s Home, Dickinson. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a. m. , Saturday, April 24 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Dickinson, with Fr. Jim Braaten, celebrating. Interment will be in St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, Dickinson. Visitation will be from 12 noon ? 9 p. m. , Friday, April 23, 2004 at Price-Murphy Funeral Home with a vigil at 7:30 p. m. led by Deacon Ray Jilek. Leona Fisher was born January 27, 1914, in Dunn County to Lyle and Anna (Dvorak) Fisher. She attended Versippi Consolidated School to the sixth grade and finished the last two years in Dunn County Country School receiving her certificate of graduation. Leona married Tony H. Pavlicek on November 14, 1934. They farmed until 1974 when they moved to 520 2nd Ave. E in Dickinson, where Leona lived independently through December, 2003. She was a life long member of St. Wenceslaus Parish where she was baptized, confirmed and received her first holy communion. Leona was also an active member in the St. Ann?s Altar Society of St. Wenceslaus Parish. Leona loved gardening, cooking, baking, politics, sewing and altering for others and herself. She also cherished her many animals on the farm especially her chickens and ducks. Leona is survived by: one daughter, Audrey (Jim) Kostelecky, Bismarck; one son, Gordy (Linda), Dickinson; six grandchildren, Jim (Kerry) Kostelecky, Cindy (Kerry Paulson) Kostelecky, Nancy (Greg) Sowards, Sean (Kelly) Lackner, Lisa Pavlicek, Neil (Traci) Pavlicek; nine great-grandchildren, Ashley, Jackson and Tucker Lackner, Gabe, Savannah and Elizabeth Sowards, Seth and Jasmine Pavlicek and Henry Paulson; two sisters, Emma Kadrmas, Dickinson and Claudia (George) Thomas, Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; one brother, Charles Fisher, Dickinson. She was preceded in death by: brother, Clarence; parents, Lyle and Anna Fisher and husband, Tony H. Pavlicek.


Burial Date: April 24, 2004
Funeral Home Dickinson, ND

Funeral Mass: Saturday, St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church