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Deloris Selvaag

May 25, 1931 — September 11, 2013

Deloris Selvaag, 82, of Vining, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the St. Cloud Hospital.

Deloris Mae Selvaag was born on May 25, 1931 in Nidaros Township, rural Clitherall, Minnesota the daughter of Edwin and Emelia (Ellingson) Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Nidaros Lutheran Church. She attended Country School in Leaf Mountain Township and graduated from Henning High School in 1949.

Deloris and Donald Selvaag were married on September 16, 1951 in the Nidaros Lutheran Church. After their marriage they lived on a farm in Folden Township for a few years. They moved to Minnetonka for one year and in 1958 returned to Vining. In 1985, Delores and Don moved into their home in Vining. She did daycare, and continued to remember her daycare kids and was always a good homemaker and enjoyed her flower gardens along with baking and rosemaling. Delores was raised in the Nidaros Lutheran Church, she and Don belonged to the Folden Lutheran Church before joining the Vining Lutheran Church. The church was important to her and she was active with the Ladies Aid and had taught Sunday School. She was a member of the Sons of Norway, Pairs and Squares Square Dancing group, the garden club, and was very instrumental in the start of Vining Watermelon Days. Deloris would always put other first. She enjoyed her family, they were everything.

Deloris is survived by her husband, Don; children, Allan (Linda) Selvaag of Motley, Gary (Merle) Selvaag of Moorhead, Kristine (Cal) Olson of Fergus Falls, Kay Ann(Jeff) Lukken of Clitherall; ten grandchildren, Lisa (Blayne) Selvaag-Parkos, Coleman and Brody, Donald (Jenn) Selvaag and Alexis, Erik Selvaag, Jay (Katherine) Selvaag, Benjamin Olson, Madison and Noah, Melanie (Andrew Olka) Olson, Greta and Sophie, Katy (Victor Hungerford) Lukken, Kjerstien Lukken, Amanda Lukken and Annika Lukken; and by numerous relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin and Emelia Anderson; two sisters, Lorrine Halvorson Chapman and Grace Gunderson; brother, LeRoy Anderson; and by two great-grandsons, Grant and Wyatt Parkos.


Funeral Services: 3 PM, Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Vining Lutheran Church, Vining, Minnesota

Visitation: 4-7 PM, Saturday with a prayer service at 7 pm at Glende-Nilson Funeral Home in Battle Lake - and one hour prior to the service at the church

Clergy: Rev Donna Hochstein

Cemetery: Vining Cemetery, Vining, Minnesota

Funeral Home: Glende-Nilson of Battle Lake

Condolences: www.GlendeNilson.com

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