Catherine Mae (Havemann) Pavlik was the youngest child born to Gustav and Daisy (Hlousek) Havemann. Catherine was born April 15, 1933, in a sod house west of Mission, South Dakota. She attended school at Brei School, Mission School, and then Crookston School where she graduated as class Valedictorian. Her hobbies were cake decorating, quilting, and crossword puzzles. On February 20, 1954, she married Henry C. Pavlik, Sr. and a daughter, Tamara Lea, was born on June 11, 1968.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her siblings, and their spouses – Herman Havemann, Ernest and Emma Havemann, Alice and Carmen Harp, Helen and Jerome Jamison, Margaret and Lloyd Green, Bernice Dunham, Bertha McKay. She is survived by daughter Tamara Lea Huenink and husband Jason, granddaughters Jennifer (Jonathan) Cropsey and Jessica Huenink and Tom Witzki, two great grandsons, Jacob and Joshua Cropsey, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service for Catherine Pavlik, age 92 of Lincoln and formerly of Kilgore area will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine.  The burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Valentine.  A visitation will be held on Friday, May 2 from 6-8 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines.  Mrs. Pavlik passed away on April 28, 2025, in Lincoln, NE.

Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine is entrusted with service arrangements.