Silas O. Lundy, 1896-1986

LUNDY

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/17/2009 at 07:29:39

WALLINGFORD -- Services for Silas O. Lundy, 89, Wallingford, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wallingford Lutheran Church with Pastor Virgil Anderson Officiating. Burial will be in Wallingford Lutheran Cemetery. He died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1986 at the Good Samaritan Center, Estherville.

Friends may call from 3-8 Friday at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home at 103 North Ninth Street in Estherville.

He was born Nov. 6, 1896 in Morris, Ill., to Halvor and Helen (Stanerson) Lundy and was educated at Jewell Lutheran Academy, Jewell, and Iowa State University, Ames. On March 24, 1920 he was united in marriage with Bettea Refsell at Wallingford. He moved with his family to Slater in 1900 and after his marriage, the couple moved to Wisconsin where they farmed until 1924. They moved back to the Wallingford area where they farmed until 1961 when they moved into Wallingford. He was elected to the board of directors of the Wallingford Telephone Company in 1953 and managed the telephone company until 1971. He was active in the Emmet County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association from 1949 to 1982 as a board member, agency salesman and adjustor. He also sold automobile insurance for American Family Insurance and served on the board of directors and was secretary for the Wallingford Creamery for 23 years. He was active with the Ingham Lake Bible Camp, serving as treasurer for many years. A World War I veteran, Lundy was a member of the Wallingford Lutheran Church where he was secretary from 1927 to 1952 and was a Sunday school teacher and choir director.

Survivors include his wife Bettea, Wallingford; three sons Harvey and Donald, both of Estherville, Paul, Golden Valley, Minn., one daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Kathryn) Holmblad, Faribault, Minn.; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Rev. J. O. (Ada) Paulsrud, Slater.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, January 2, 1986.