David Novodvorsky

David Novodvorsky, age

93 of Bottineau, died Fri-

day, October 11, 2019 at a

Bottineau nursing home.

A memorial service will

be held Saturday, October

19, 2019 at 10:00 am at

the Nero Funeral Home in

Bottineau.

David Novodvorsky, a

twin son of John and Vera

(Karpenko) Novodvorsky,

was born May 9, 1926 on

the family farm north of

Douglas. He grew up there

and attended rural school.

After he graduated high

school in Douglas, he and

his twin brother Dan were

going to join the military.

His brother was accepted

but Dave wasn’t. He had a

case of Rheumatic Fever

in the past which prevent-ed him from serving. Dave

went to Fargo and attend-

ed Hansen Auto Trade

School. He enjoyed learn-

ing welding. He returned

to the area to work for

Leonard Pietsch but when

his Pa had a runaway

with the team, he had to

return home to assist with

the family farm. David ap-

plied for a job through a

job service and began

working for a farmer, Ed

Witteman, in Westhope.

When winter came, he at-

tended Coyne Electric

school in Chicago. While

there, he worked in the

freight yards. When he re-

turned to Bottineau, he

worked for an electrician

and liked the business so

well, he established No-

vodvorsky Electric in

1948. He first worked out

of the back of a Model A,

then shared rent in a

building with another

business before building

the shop he worked out of

on Highway 5. David was

proud of the fact that he

started the same year as

Acme Electric. He worked

for almost 70 years as an

electrical contractor in

Bottineau and area towns

in elevators, hospitals,

and many other

businesses along with

private homes.

Dave met Selma Louise

Peterson, “the perfect

woman for him” at the

Saunders cafe and they

were married on April,

28, 1950. Together, they

built their home in Bot-

tineau and shared many

hobbies. They spent the

next 67 years together

canning, and freezing

vegetables from their huge

garden and scouting for

and picking berries and

choke cherries. They froze

the berries and many peo-

ple have talked about his

homemade chokecherry

wine. One of Dave’s favor-

ite spices was cinnamon.

He said if there was cin-

namon on a cow pie, he

would eat it.

David once said so

many guys get married for

a romantic deal but that

wears off. It’s the things

you do everyday together.

He said he couldn’t have

found anyone better than

Selma. The love of his life

passed away November

11, 2017. Some of his

favorite hobbies included

but were by no means

limited to bottle collect-

ing, rock collecting, coin

collecting, flint knapping,

metal detecting, and ice

fishing.

In February 2017, after

a severe stroke, Good

Samaritan Society in Bot-

tineau became his home.

David went from being to-

tally independent one day

to being totally dependent

on others the next. He be-

came quite content living

at Good Sam. The staff

would comment on how

pleasant and easy to get

along with he was. He

was quite the character. If

he didn’t like something,

such as water on his face

in the shower, he would

tell them “Are you trying

to kill me?” He never

complained about any-

thing, except the coffee; it

wasn’t strong enough.

His loving family in-

cludes: his “kids”

(nephew) Jason (Brenda)

Novodvorsky of Douglas,

ND. Their children and

grandchildren, Jana

(Kevin) Frederick, Karina

and John, Minot, ND. Kris

(Chris) Kubal, Brindle and

Lauren, Keene, ND. David

(Amanda) Novodvorsky,

Burlington, ND. His sis-

ters, Elsie Halsted and

Irene Novodvorsky; broth-

ers, Phillip, Daniel (his

twin) and John (Evernne);

and other nieces and

nephews.

David was preceded in

death by: his parents, his

wife, his siblings: Helen

Swenson, Harold, and Ar-

nold.

Arrangements were

with Nero Funeral Home

in Bottineau.