Mary Kudrna - Stevenson Funeral Home

Mary Kudrna
May 11, 1904 - February 13, 2003
SER SERVICES SER VICES
Rosary: Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, 7:00 p.m.
Stevenson-Mischel-Olson Chapel
led by - Bernie Krebs & Wayne Kudrna
Vigil: following rosary
led by - Deacon Gene Morman
Funeral Mass: Monday, Feb. 17, 2003
10:00 a.m.
St. Wenceslaus Church
Dickinson, North Dakota
CELEBRA CELEBRATING
CELEBRA TING
Father Basil Atwell
Father John Mathai
REA READE REA REA DE DERS DE RS
Susan Lardy, Melissa Raab & Perry Kudrna
MUSIC
MUSIC
Organist: June Peters
Song Leader: Gayle Bren
Special Music by
Vince & Chuck Kadrmas
PALLBEARER
ALLBEARER
ALLBEARERS
ALLBEARER
Randy Kudrna Doug Kudrna
Daryl Kudrna Wes Kudrna
Todd Ficek Kim Buck Sharon Halligan
All of Mary’s friends and neighbors
are considered honorary pallbearers.
INTERMENT
INTERMENT
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
New Hradec, North Dakota
ARRANGEMENT
ARRANGEMENTS ARRANGEMENT S BY
BY
Stevenson-Mischel-Olson Chapel
Dickinson, North Dakota
A lunch will be served following the funeral mass in
the Life Center. Everyone is welcome.
God saw she was getting tired
And a cure was not to be,
So He put His arms around her
And whispered, “Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes we watched her suffer
And saw her fade away,
Although we loved her dearly
We could not make her stay.
A golden heart stopped beating
Hard working hands to rest,
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.

Mary, a daughter of Joe and Mary (Samek)
Kostelecky, was born on May 11, 1904, in Symferopol,
Russia. She came to the U.S. in 1908 with her parents
and lived on a farm 11 miles south west of Dickinson.
She married Frank Kudrna on July 14, 1924. She
then moved to a farm 3 miles south of South Heart,
where she lived until 1961 when they moved to
Dickinson and she had lived there since. Into her
marriage with Frank, 13 children were born. Mary
enjoyed gardening; cooking- everyone loved her
chicken noodle soup, baking kolaches, dancing, and
old time music. Mary was a most loving and caring
mother to her big family. She will always be loved and
missed by her surviving family.
She is survived by her five sons; Laudie Kudrna,
Dickinson, ND, Don (Millie) Kudrna, South Heart,
ND, Raymond (Shirley) Kudrna, Overland Park, KS,
Wayne (Rosalie) Kudrna, Dickinson, ND, Robert
(Jeanette) Kudrna, Hettinger, ND; five daughters,
Margaret (Frank) Fendrick, Billings, MT, Dorothy
(Andrew) Ficek, Dickinson, ND, Eleanore Badinger,
Spokane, WA, Darlene (Bob) Betchner, Mandan, ND,
and Delores (Darrold) Raab, Dickinson, ND; one
daughter-in-law, Josephine Kudrna, Phoenix, AZ;
three step-sons, Frank (Mabel) Kudrna, Casper WY,
Adolph Kudrna and Edward Kudrna, both of
Dickinson, ND; two step-daughters, Rose Privratsky
and Minnie Pirkl, both of Dickinson, ND; three sisters,
Alice (Ed) Semerad, Spokane, WA, Emma
Semerad, Dickinson, ND, and Anna Urbanec,
Dickinson, ND , 42 grandchildren and 74 great-grandchildren
and numerous step-grandchildren.
Her husband, Frank, parents, one sister, three brothers,
three sons, four grandchildren, one great grandchild,
one step-son, one step-daughter, one daughterin-law
and son-in-law preceded her in death.