Alice Dvirnak

Alice Dvirnak, 101,

went to be with Jesus on

Tuesday, December 3,

2019. She was born in

McLean County, North

Dakota, March 27, 1918,

the daughter of Jack and

Lena (Honcharoff) Fannik,

the eldest of five children.

Alice attended rural

schools and high school

in Max, North Dakota.

While she enjoyed travel-

ing her heart was always

in North Dakota.

On June 9, 1945, she

married John Dvirnak and

moved to the Diamond C

Ranch near Killdeer,

North Dakota where they

ranched with his father

Jack and John’s brother,

Alick. They and their son,

Lorin later moved 1¢

miles west to establish

their own ranch site in

1980. Alice loved beauty

and helped design their

house and created lovely

flower and vegetable gar-

dens, grew raspberries,

and sewed clothes for her-

self and her daughters.

She loved God’s creatures

including the chickens

she raised and numerous

dogs and cats.

She lived out her faith

in Christ in many ways

including by teaching the

three through

five-year-old Sunday

School Class at Killdeer

Baptist Church for about

50 years, singing duets

with her sister Kay, and

visiting neighbors and

bringing them food. Fami-

ly and friends remember

her delicious apple pies,

dill pickles and cheese

pockets. Alice was a

prayer warrior and active

in the Gideon’s Auxiliary.

In later years John and Al-

ice served as Junior Camp

Grandparents at Camp

Bentley, an American

Baptist Camp near Drake,

North Dakota. During her

final seven years in Gales-

burg she was active in

Bethel Baptist Church and

was a member of both

Voyagers and the Shining

Vespers Circle.

Alice is survived by

three children, Lois

(Robert) Crandall of

Beatrice, Nebraska, Joyce

(Lee) Johnson of Gales-

burg, Illinois, and Lorin

(Karen) Dvirnak of

Killdeer, North Dakota;

eight grandchildren, in-

cluding two by marriage,

R.J. (Edie) Crandall of

Beatrice, Matthew (Esther)

Crandall of Sioux Falls,

South Dakota, Lori (Mar-

ty) Lundblad of Bismarck,

North Dakota, Juanita

(Jon-Paul) Steenbakkers of

Bellevue, Nebraska, Alicia

(Jeff) Warren of Galesburg,

Naomi (Philip) Wai of

Winter Park, Florida,

Blake (Lydia) Johnson of

Champaign, Illinois, and

Deborah (Adam) Welty of

Galesburg; and 23 great

grandchildren, Olivia,

Will, Cole, and Bennett

Crandall, Trevyn Roers,

Payton, and Jackson Cran-

dall, Micah and Benjamin

Lundblad, Nadia and Lu-

cas Steenbakkers, Char-

lotte and Natalie Warren,

Anneliese, Jonathan, and

Madeleine Wai, Jaina,

Arabella, Bennet, and Ivy

Johnson, and Fiona,

Norah, and Peter Welty.

She was preceded in

death by her husband,

John (who passed in 2012

after 67 years of mar-

riage); parents, Jack and

Lena; three brothers,

George, John, and Ed-

ward; and one sister, Kay.

Alice’s memorial ser-

vice will be at Bethel Bap-

tist Church in Galesburg,

Illinois on Saturday, De-

cember 21, 2019 with visi-

tation at 3:30 p.m. and the

service at 4 p.m. A dinner

will follow.

Cremation was accord-

ed and a graveside service

will be held at Killdeer

Baptist Church Cemetery

in Killdeer, North Dakota.

Memorials may be given

in honor of Alice to Camp

Bentley. Arrangements

have been made by

Hinchliff-Pearson-West

Funeral Directors and

Cremation Services Gales-

burg Chapel. Online con-

dolences may be made at

www.h-p-w.com.