Vernon
Malafa, 84
East
Grand Forks - Vernon "Vern" Malafa, 84, died
Monday, January 28, 2002 at Valley Eldercare in
Grand Forks, N.D.
Funeral
services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday,
January 31, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in East
Grand Forks. Interment will take place in the
spring in Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks. Stennes
Funeral Home of East Grand Forks is in charge of
the arrangements.
Vernon
Malafa was born on August 8, 1917 in Pisek, N.D.,
the son of Frank and Mary (Bazel) Malafa. He grew
up and attended school in Lankin, N.D. He worked on
the family farm and managed the Orr (N.D.) Elevator
for a number of years.
In
1942, he marred Sena Peters. Vern moved to Grand
Forks, N.D. where he worked as a police officer for
the City of Grand Forks. He also played in numerous
area bands, including the Country Playboys on KNOX
radio, the Flying Dutchmen, the Bill Dvorak Band
and the Vern Malafa Northwest Waltz and Polka Band.
He also worked as a salesman for numerous car
dealerships in the Grand Forks area. On May 28,
1963, he married Turene Torgerson Cariveau in
Crookston.
Vern
is survived by his wife, Turene of East Grand
Forks; three daughters, Bonnie Sue Anderson of
Thief River Falls, Cindy (John) Kingsbury of
Bemidji, and Bonnie Mae Egeland of East Grand
Forks; three sons, Paul (Linda) Cariveau of East
Grand Forks, Rodney (Lois) Malafa of Black Canyon
City, Ariz., and Jerry (Renee) Cariveau of Hayward,
Calif.; 24 grandchildren; and 33
great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; four
brothers, Leonard, Melvin, Mike and Andy; and a
sister, Alice. A00003B2002FB06
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