Michael Selves Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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Fairfax, Virginia

Michael Selves, of Fairfax, Va., who would have turned 54 on Sunday, was no button-down Pentagon bureaucrat.

His wife, Gayle, said that about two years ago Selves, director of information management for the U.S. Army, was to deliver a speech before an audience of government contractors at the Pentagon. The briefings were known to be a bit staid. So to break with tradition, he walked up to podium and started to loosen his necktie. He then took it off and began to strip.

Gayle Selves said the audience was aghast as the portly man stood before them in his underwear. But "after that meeting, he got standing-room-only crowds," said Selves, who had been married to her husband for six years. "Everybody loved him. He really knew how to boost morale."

The couple, both avid golfers, had planned to retire next year and "laugh and play golf forever."

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I don't visit this page often, but once in a while. I am Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Ken Grant. Mike and I were majors together in the Pentagon in the early 1980s. Mike was the main IT guy for the Department of the Army Military Review Boards Agency. I was the Operations Officer. We were colleagues and friends. I left the agency in 1985, and at the time, Mike was still there. I went to another position in the Pentagon and saw Mike from time to time. I retired from the Army in May of 1990 and...

Ken Grant

November 03, 2025

I'm sorry you died at the Pentagon on 9/11..

Alexander

November 02, 2025

Can't believe it's been 22 years since we lost you...it seems like just yesterday. It still is hard watching the remembrance ceremonies, anticipating the reading of your name. I miss you SO much, but I'm blessed by all the kind words and memories of how you touched so many other lives. Your sense of humor, your generosity to others, and your special way of teaching and uplifting those around you was one of a kind. I can only strive to emulate that example. Knowing you are together with...

Karen (Selves) Hart

September 13, 2023 | OLYMPIA, WA | Sister

Today I stood with the rest of my Lions club members, and others, on the street in our small town in South Carolina as we do each year commemorating the lives lost on this day in 2001. It was my honor to have the flag with the banner of Michael Selves on it today. May his family cherish his memory.

Dr. Louis A. Drucker

September 12, 2023 | Kingstree, SC

Today I stood with the rest of my Lions club members on the street in our small town in South Carolina as we do each year commemorating the lives lost on this day in 2001. It was my honor to have the flag with the banner of Michael Selves on it today. May his family cherish his memory.

Dr. Louis A. Drucker

September 12, 2023 | Kingstree, SC

You continue to be an inspiration and we pray today for the many friends and family you left behind. With much love from Texas,

Del Newberry

October 10, 2017 | Garland, TX

Remembering you today Fuzzy, and all the fun you brought to so many of us. Chats

September 11, 2011

Mike, it's been 10 years now since you left us, we miss you. Tomorrow I'll mourn you again. My prayers and best wishes for your family are constants.

Ken Grant

September 10, 2011 | Madisn, AL

Mike, Our thoughts are with you as always. You are very missed. The family is getting together next month on Garth's birthday along with his beautiful new daughter who you would adore. I will be bringing her something that will make you smile from up there.

Cara Clarke

September 11, 2010 | Deltona, FL

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