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Lester Franklin “Les” Dobrovolny

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Birth	:	12 May 1928 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	17 May 2001 Castana, Monona County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Center Cemetery, Castana, Monona County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0928001, -95.8696976
Description	:	Lester Franklin "Les" Dobrovolny May 12, 1928 ~ May 17, 2001 Les F. Dobrovolny, 73, of Castana died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at his home. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Castana Community Church, with the Rev. Robert Fritz-meier officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Service of Onawa, Iowa. Mr. Dobrovolny was born May 12, 1928, in Fremont, Neb., the son of Frank and Ida (Hespen) Dobrovolny. He moved with his family to Castana in 1942, and graduated from Castana High School in 1945. He was... Read More	Lester Franklin "Les" Dobrovolny May 12, 1928 ~ May 17, 2001 Les F. Dobrovolny, 73, of Castana died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at his home. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Castana Community Church, with the Rev. Robert Fritz-meier officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Service of Onawa, Iowa. Mr. Dobrovolny was born May 12, 1928, in Fremont, Neb., the son of Frank and Ida (Hespen) Dobrovolny. He moved with his family to Castana in 1942, and graduated from Castana High School in 1945. He was a lifelong farmer in the Castana area. He married Norma Jean Bouslaugh in 1946 in Onawa. He married Phyllis Kisling on Jan. 26, 1968, in Fremont. He was a past master of Hillcrest Lodge AF & AM at Castana and a member of the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple in Sioux City, where he belonged to the Clown Unit. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Gwen Dobrovolny of Los Angeles, Calif., and Janet and her husband, John Noe of Allen, Neb.; a son and his wife, Bruce and Kari of Sioux City; a daughter-in-law, Lynette Dobrovolny of Mapleton, Iowa; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters and their husbands, Mildred and John Elias of Woodland Hills, Calif., and Mary and Larry Mersereau of Onamia, Minn.; three sisters-in-law, Marjorie Dinger of Kaysville, Utah, Elva Weyant of Baldwin Park, Calif., and Alene Kisling of Elliott, Md.; three brothers-in-law, Fred Kisling of Castana, Gerald Thorson of Hinton, Iowa, and Damon Humphreys of Pennsville, N.J.; and a family friend, Fran Rieff of Onawa. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Tom, and a brother, Donald. [Source: Sioux City Journal; May 21, 2001]

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Lester Franklin “Les” Dobrovolny death on 17 May 2001 in Castana, Monona County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.0928001
Longitude: -95.8696976

Family Members:

Parent

Frank Lewis Dobrovolny

(1891 - 1972)

Ida M Hespen Dobrovolny

(1890 - 1930)

Spouse

Norma Jean Bouslaugh Martin

(1928 - 1984)

Phyllis Jean Kisling Dobrovolny

(1928 - 2021)

Children

Thomas F. Dobrovolny

(1950 - 1981)

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