Charlotte Dobrovolny

Charlotte Halvorson

Dobrovolny, 96, died Fri-

day, March 27, 2020, at

Trinity Nursing Home in

Minot.

Due to the pandemic, a

family service will be

held on Tuesday, March

31, 2:00 pm, at Our

Savior’s Free Lutheran

Church in Stanley, ND,

followed by a burial ser-

vice at Resthaven

Cemetery, Palermo, ND.

Pastor Rodney Johnson

and Pastor Erin Tormanen

will co-officiate.

A public memorial ser-

vice and a celebration of

Charlotte’s life will take

place at a later date.

Springan Stevenson Fun-

eral Home of Stanley has

been entrusted with ar-

rangements and services.

Friends may sign the

on-line register and give

their condolences at

www.springanstevenson

.com.

Charlotte was born on

July 8, 1923, in Chippewa

County, Minnesota. She

attended grade school in

Ross and later graduated

as salutatorian from Paler-

mo High School in 1941.

She married Eldor Hal-

vorson in 1942 and they

had three children: Allan,

Sandra, and David. She

was a talented seamstress,

sewing for herself and her

daughter. Nothing made

her two sons happier than

chowing down on her

famous fried chicken and

pumpkin pie. A highlight

for her during this time

was the gathering of the

neighbor ladies to cele-

brate the birthdays of

each one.

Charlotte was devoted

to her church. She taught

Sunday School and Bible

School and was very ac-

tive for years in the Ladies

Aid, as well as Bible

Study. Because she was

an expressive reader, she

often opened the monthly

Luther League program

with a reading/devotions.

She was advisor for the

youth gatherings/ programs and sang in the church choir.

She was a loving, ac-

cepting woman who ap-

preciated diversity. Char-

lotte and Eldor opened

their home to become

foster parents of two

young Native American

boys, Jared and Jeffrey

Starr, who lived with

them for eight years.

Eldor died in 1983, after

which Charlotte bought a

home in Stanley and

worked at Bethel Nursing

Home. Her spirituality

continued to grow as she

became a member of Our

Savior’s Free Lutheran

Church. Quilting for mis-

sions became her passion.

In 1991, she married Joe

Dobrovolny and moved to

his home in Ross. They

enjoyed several years of

Saturday night dancing in

Minot. They later moved

to Elmcroft Assisted Liv-

ing in Minot, which is

where they lived until she

moved to Trinity Nursing

Home.

Her surviving family

members include: her

husband, Joe, and his five

children; her daughter,

Sandra Enget, Bismarck,

and her son, David (Vick-

ie) Halvorson. She is also

survived by four

grandchildren, eight

great-grandchildren, and

three great-great-grandchildren.

Charlotte was preceded

in death by: her parents,

her son, Allan Halvorson,

died in 2010; siblings Ed-

die (Buddy) Nelson, Avis

Knudson, and Clarice Hal-

vorson; and her grand-

daughter, Brenda Halvor-

son.