John U. Pavlik

John U. Pavlik died June 17 in Ritzville.

He was born March 22, 1921, to John U. and Lottie (Delamater) Pavlik in Buffalo, N.D. John grew up in Buffalo, N.D.; where he graduated from Buffalo High School in 1938 and later became the publisher of the Buffalo Express; a weekly newspaper in his home town.

This occupation continued until November 1941 when he enlisted in the US Army, serving four and a half years during WWII until March 1946.

He worked briefly at the Dakota Press in Valley City, N.D., until he resigned to marry Marie B. Spire of Freeland, Pa., in November 1946.

The couple moved to...