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Lester Selvig Obituary
Lester was born Sept. 7, 1915, on a farm in Marshall County, Iowa, the son of Oscar and Borghild (Haugen) Selvig.
He married Elnora Meling on Jan. 31, 1938, in Marshalltown. They farmed in Marshall County and moved to Osage in 1954. They farmed near Osage, retiring in 1977. Lester was a member of Sons of Norway and Our Savior's Lutheran Church, where he taught Sunday school.
He enjoyed fishing, attending farm sales, playing cards and his coffee group at Stang's Hardware. He also enjoyed his trip to Norway.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Burial will be at the Osage Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home and will continue one hour before services at the church.
Lester is survived by three daughters, Elaine (Wayne) Smolik of Osage, Eileen (Ewald) Ehlke Jr. of St. Ansgar and Dawn (James) Lackore of Osage; one son, Robert (Mary Ann) Selvig of Osage; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ida Usken of Colo, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Elnora Selvig in 1991; a brother, Carl Milo Selvig; and two sisters, Thelma Anderson and Bernice Dickkut.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, 641-732-3706.
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Memories and Condolences
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Merle & Barb Brandau
December 4, 2008
Thinking of you all and the many years Lester and Bob farmed my Moms farmland.
Dean Huff
December 3, 2008
From and and old Auctioneer friend. He will be missed by everone that knew him. God Bless.
Ron & Terri Muhlenbruck
December 2, 2008
So sorry to hea of your loss. Lester was such a grand man and always such a "sharp" & "on the ball" person. He will be missed by so many at Faith as he was a leader of things going on at the Home. He sang one of my favorite songs,
"You are my Sunshine" that my dad use to sing, too. We are glad that we got to know him on our visits to see Terri's mother, Colette.
Faith Home
December 2, 2008
Thinking of you all.
Your friends at Faith Home.
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