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Ethel Kavlie

Jan. 2, 1929-Sept. 4, 2020

Ethel Kavlie, 91, Minot,

ND died on Friday, Sep-

tember 4, 2020 in a Minot

assisted living facility.

Ethel Lorraine was born

January 2, 1929 on her

parents’ farm near Souris,

ND to Carl Henry and

Elna (Peterson)

Schroeder. She was raised

and educated in Souris

and graduated from

Hillcrest Lutheran

Academy, Fergus Falls,

MN in 1947. She then at-

tended nurse’s training at

Lutheran Deaconess Hos-

pital in Minneapolis and

became a registered nurse

in 1950. She began her

career at St. Andrew’s

Hospital in Bottineau, ND

where she worked for two

years.

Ethel married Hampton

A. Kavlie on September 2,

1951 in Souris, ND. They

made their home in

Fergus Falls, MN while

Hamp attended the Luth-

eran Brethren Seminary,

and Ethel was employed

as a nurse. Following the

completion of Reverend

Kavlie’s seminary train-

ing, they moved to Osakis,

MN. She was employed at

an Alexandria, MN hospi-

tal. The family moved to

Grand Forks in 1956

where Ethel was em-

ployed at Deaconess Hos-

pital for five years. They

resided in Sioux Falls, SD

for five years, and Willis-

ton, ND for four years be-

fore moving to Minot, ND

in 1970 where she was

employed at Trinity Nurs-

ing Home.

They moved to

Phoenix, AZ in 1981

where Ethel worked at an

assisted living facility for

Lutheran Brethren

Homes. They returned to

Williston in 1986 where

she was employed at Mer-

cy Hospital for nine years.

Ethel and Hamp returned

to Minot, ND in 1995,

where they since had

lived. They have spent the

winter months in Arizona

for several years. Re-

verend Hampton Kavlie

died on May 29, 2018.

Most recently Ethel had

resided at ProHealth

Home Care.

Ethel was a member of

Our Redeemer’s Lutheran

Brethren Church in

Minot, ND. She was a life-

time member of the Good

Sam Club. She was very

supportive of her

husband’s pastoral minis-

try at the various

churches he served, and

was always a member of

the women’s ministry.

Most recently, she had

been involved in a Bible

study group and a quilting

group within the church.

She especially enjoyed

sewing, knitting, crochet-

ing, quilting, crafts, read-

ing, traveling, and Bible

study.

Ethel’s loving family in-

cludes: her children: Gar-

reth (Margery) Kavlie of

Jamestown, Gaylord (Cin-

dy) Kavlie of Bismarck,

Grant (Gloria) Kavlie of

Glendale AZ, Garnell

“Dolly” (Dave) Gowan of

Minot and Gayle (Curtis)

Moore of Minot; fourteen

grandchildren;

twenty-eight great

grandchildren; sisters:

Mary Ann (Norman) Otte-

son of Salem OR and

Yona Ash of Henderson

NV; in-laws: Curtis

(Elaine) Kavlie and Jerry

(Arlys) Kavlie and several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Ethel was preceded in

death by: her parents,

husband, sister: Beulah

Schroder, sister and

brother-in-law: Phyllis

and Duane Kavlie and

brother-in-law: Jim Ash.

Private Family Cele-

bration of the Life of Eth-

el Kavlie:

Thursday, September

10, 2020 at 1:00 PM in

Section 27 of Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Livestream: Church

Family and Friends are in-

vited to view the service

using a link in her website

obituary. The service may

be viewed on Thursday at

1:00 PM or at any time

starting on Friday.

Visitation: Wednesday

from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

at Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Social Distancing is

strongly encouraged and

masks are required.

Memorials are preferred

to Our Redeemer’s Luth-

eran Brethren Church or

Our Redeemer’s Christian

School, Minot.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com.