Kubalsky, Helen Pauline (Kolind) 1921 - 2018

KUBALSKY, KOLIND, STOA, KVAM

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/10/2018 at 19:20:32

Pauline Kubalsky, age 96 of Cresco passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the Evans Home in Cresco.

Helen Pauline Kolind was born October 7, 1921 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Peter and Ella (Stoa) Kolind. The Kolind family moved to Cresco in 1930 when they purchased the Cresco Greenhouses. Pauline graduated from Cresco High School in 1938. She attended what was then Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and earned a two year teaching degree. She married Arnold Kubalsky on January 3, 1942 in Cresco. They lived in Minnesota where she taught school until the birth of her son. She returned to Cresco in 1954 when she and Arnie moved from Dodge Center, Minnesota, to purchase the greenhouse from her parents. They ran the business until selling and retiring in 1980.

Pauline was a lifelong Lutheran. She was confirmed and married in the First Lutheran church and resumed membership when the family moved to Cresco. She was involved in many community groups and an active member of the Cresco Country Club. She played golf into her later years and was still attending lady’s night activities this spring. Pauline loved to travel. She and Arnie traveled during retirement and she took advantage of several VIP bank trips. She was proud to say she’d been in all 50 states and a few foreign countries.

Prior to entering the Evans home, Pauline resided in Cresco Assisted Living for 9 years. She enjoyed the friends she made there including staff who cared for her. She didn’t miss an opportunity to go out for any activity!

Pauline is survived by her son, David (Sherry) Kubalsky of Ankeny, Iowa; five grandchildren: Angie, Carl, Shyla, Stephanie and Annette. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Arnie in 2006 and a sister, Lucille Kvam.

Source: Lindstrom Funeral Home database

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