Michael David

Michael P. David, age 97, a lifelong farmer in Shieldsville Township, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at the Pleasant Manor Nursing Home in Faribault.    Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, November 17, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Canice Catholic Church in Kilkenny, with Fr. David Barrett, officiating. Interment will be at the Trebon Cemetery in Shieldsville Township, Rice County, MN.    Visitation will be held at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home in Faribault on Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and on Monday for one hour prior to the services at the church.    Michael Patrick David, the son of Matthew and Emma (Bartusek) David, was born on March 31, 1911 on the farm where he made his home until he moved to Faribault in March of 2008.  He married Sylvia Velzke on July 8, 1943. They recently celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary. Michael loved to be on the farm, the one that his Grandfather settled on when he came from Czechoslovakia and is over a century old. There was always a story to tell, a joke to tell, or just something he'd tease you about. He always had a smile and there wasn't a deck of cards that didn't get broke in.    He will be greatly missed by his wife, Sylvia; son, Walter David (Betty Mullenmeister-David) of Faribault; daughters, Emily (Jerry) Velishek of Faribault, and Mary (Larry) Glenn of Burnsville; nine grandchildren, Tony and Loren David, Diana (Velishek) Black, Michael and Benjamin Velishek, Jayme and Matthew Paukert, Lisa (Paukert) Eide and Sarah (Paukert) Nelson; 7 great grandchildren, Miranda and Danielle David, Dalton David, Savannah and Owen Black, and Haley and Malea Paukert; four step grandchildren, Jennifer David, Janelle Tupy, Jessie Donahue, and Jeff Mullenmeister; 13 step great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Helen David of Montgomery, and Rose David of LeCenter; special friend, Harriet Helgeson of Chaska; and other relatives and friends.    He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, James, John, Rudy, Ben, and Matthew David; sisters, Mayme Bilek, Emily Schleis, and Helen Drevlow; daughter-in-law, Elaine (DeCoux) David; and granddaughter, Annette David.