Dobrovolny, Vivian (1924-2014)

DOBROVOLNY, SILLERUD, OSTEN, GARST, CRIDDLE, NELSON, HAUGRUD, KROEGER, BOEN, REDAL

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/19/2014 at 18:21:03

Vivian Dobrovolny
March 1, 1924 - November 10, 2014

Vivian G. Dobrovolny, 90, of Buffalo Center, died on Monday, November 10, 2014, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

Vivian G. Dobrovolny, a daughter of Bennie and Clara (Osten) Sillerud was born on March 1, 1924, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. Confirmed at North Immanuel Lutheran Church, she graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1942. Then, she took nursing courses at St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in Fargo, North Dakota. After attending cadet nurses training in Portland, Oregon, she graduated as a Registered Nurse. She worked in a number of hospitals before joining the Sister KENNY team during the polio epidemic in the late 1940s.

There, she met George Dobrovolny, her future husband. They married at North Emmanuel Church in rural Pelican Rapids in 1947 and were, subsequently, blessed with two children. After her wedding, she worked at several hospitals before bringing her career to a close working as a school nurse the final eight years.

Vivian loved planning and going on trips, listening to music, especially violin music, gardening, reading, sewing, and walking, but most of all, she loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Always very active in church and in ladies organizations, she participated with the American Legion Auxiliary as well.

Those grateful to have shared in her life include George Dobrovolny, of Buffalo Center, her husband of sixty-seven years; two children, Tim Dobrovolny, and his wife, Cindy, of Southlake, Texas, and Debby Garst, and her husband, Gary, of Buffalo Center; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, Lindsay Dobrovolny, of Brooklyn, New York; Christina Dobrovolny, of Southlake, Texas; Katherine Dobrovolny, of Fayetteville, Arkansas; Matthew Garst, and his wife, Sheryl, of Council Bluffs, and their children, George, Audrey, and Morgan; Mark Garst, and his wife, Jill, of Lakota, and their children, Bailee, Ezekiel, and Franklin; and Carmen Criddle, and her husband, Ryan, of Chatfield, Minnesota; two sisters, Marcelle Nelson, of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, and Helen Ann (Harlan) Haugrud, of Rothsey, Minnesota; and three sisters-in-law, Joyce Sillerud, of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, Phyllis Kroeger, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mildred Boen, of Barnesville, Minnesota; as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Erik Andrew Dobrovolny; one sister, Eleanor Redal; and four brothers, Byron, Jerome, Curtis, and Donald Sillerud.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 15, 2015, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Buffalo Center with Pastor Bill Peake officiating. Burial will take place in Olena Mound Cemetery, Buffalo Center. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the church and one hour before the service.

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