Doris Darlene Novak

CLERGY
Rev. Jonathan Vehar
MUSIC
Organist ~ Jan Kocer
Congregational Hymns
“In The Garden”
“Nearer My God to Thee”
“Abide With Me”
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS
Co-Workers and Friends from the
Good Samaritan Society of Scotland
CASKETBEARERS
James Gunn
Bryan Nohava
Jeff Nohava
Paul Stevenson
Russell Stevenson
Keith Thranum
Doris Novak was born on Monday, October 22, 1928 at Scotland, South Dakota to Frank and Emma (Grosz) Gunn. She graduated from Scotland High School in 1946. Doris was united in marriage to George Novak on March 29, 1948 at the Lutheran parsonage in Scotland. Together they owned and operated the Scotland Café and later she cooked for her brother, Don, at the new Scotland Café. After Doris’ children were born she stayed home to care for them. Doris and George moved to Menno in 1964. After George retired from the Postal Service in 1989, they moved back to Scotland. Later, she began working at the Scotland Good Samaritan Society and was a dedicated employee there for nineteen years. Doris also provided child care for several families in the Menno area. She enjoyed flower gardening, doing embroidery, and working on puzzle books. She loved to cook and hosted many family gatherings. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and the Scotland VFW Auxiliary. Doris passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society of Scotland, having attained the age of 82 years, 6 months and 9 days.
Grateful for having shared Doris’ life are her husband, George, of Scotland; two daughters: Linda (Guy) Wold of Cass Lake, Minnesota and Sharon (Brian) Maas of Salem; three grandchildren: Kendra Detweiler, Tonia Karbowski and Ben Brown; one great-granddaughter, Leah Karbowski; three brothers: Maynard Gunn, Gerald Gunn and Donald Gunn, all of Scotland; and two sisters: Violet Sabatka of Daytona Beach, Florida and Eileen Bardahl of Titusville, Florida.
In addition to her parents, Doris was preceded in death by an infant son in 1949, two brothers, Howard and Finley, two sisters, Marilyn Dutcher and Marguerite  Stevenson, four sisters-in-law, Marilyn, Dawn, Mary and Beulah, and four brothers-in-law, Harold Bardahl, Gerald Dutcher, Glen Stevenson and John Sabatka.
Memorials may be directed to the Good Samaritan Society of Scotland or the Zion Lutheran Church of Scotland.