Selma Syverson, 1910-1995

SYVERSON

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 4/5/2009 at 17:23:08

ESTHERVILLE - Services for Selma O. Syverson, 84, of Estherville, will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Wallingford Lutheran Church with pastor Jack Torgersen officiating. Interment will be in the [Wallingford] Lutheran cemetery. She died Friday, Jan. 20, 1995 at Holy Family Hospital.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

She was born Dec. 17, 1910 the daughter of Syvert and Anna Sandven Syverson and attended Wallingford Elementary and Estherville High School. She lived on the farm west of Wallingford until 1974 when she moved into Estherville. She remained single. She was a member of the Wallingford Lutheran Church.

Survivors include nephews: Donald and Duane Syverson, Estherville; nieces: Beverly Steinberger, Spirit Lake and Deanna Shonkwiler, Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one niece.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, January 21, 1995.