David J Malen (Lebanon)'s Obituary
David Joseph Malen, son of Andrew Molinovsky and Hazel Kerkas Molinovsky, was born December 3, 1939, in Lorain, Ohio. The family name was later changed to Malen.
David graduated high school in Lorain, entered the United States Navy and was placed as a shipboard photographer.
He moved several times and lived in California, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri.
David, and his first wife, Anita, had three children, who later became estranged from him.
In 1968, David suffered a brain aneurism and became permanently disabled.
On July 1, 2011, he met Ruby Patton, and it took him twenty minutes to decide that she was the one. On September 10, 2011, they were married and subsequently David acquired a stepdaughter, Dr. Tammy Kindwall-Keller, of Charlottesville, Virginia, a stepson, Tony Kindwall, of Columbia, Missouri, and two step-granddaughters.
David’s interests were in painting, gardening, square dancing, and his dulcimer band.
He gave his heart to the Lord in June of 2012, and was very proud to have become a member of the Lebanon Seventh Day Adventist Church.
On August 20, 2012, David passed away at the age of seventy-two years, nine months, and seventeen days.
He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
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