IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Selma
Fylling
September 26, 1932 – November 13, 2014
Obituary
Selma Fylling, 82, of Turtle Lake, ND died November 13, 2014 in the Community Memorial Hospital, Turtle Lake. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Monday November 17, 2014 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, rural Turtle Lake. Officiating will be Pastor Randy Emgarten. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Sunday, with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at Goetz Funeral Home, Turtle Lake. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service on Monday.
Selma (Knodel) Fylling was born September 26, 1932 near Drake ND on her grandparents' farm to Christian and Anna Knodel. She grew up south of Ruso ND and attended several rural schools near her family's farm.
Selma married Albert Fylling on February 2nd, 1951 in Turtle Lake. They lived, farmed, and raised their 8 children on the Fylling family homestead 11 miles south of Ruso until 2002 when they moved to Turtle Lake. Albert passed away in February 2008 after 57 years of marriage.
Selma was an active member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and served in many capacities over the years including church treasurer, Sunday school superintendant and teacher. She also held offices and was a youth leader for the Farmers' Union-Ruso Local for several years. Her talents were many and she shared them freely, especially when it came to supporting her beloved church. Selma cherished spending time with her family and above all enjoyed seeing and hearing about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Even after battling cancer for the last 15 months she left this world the way she lived her life, with a smile and a sense of humor.
She is survived by four sons: Rodney Fylling (Mindee Thuney), Ruso, Bryon (Laura) Fylling, Turtle Lake, Arlin (Annie) Fylling, McClusky, and Steven (Brenda) Fylling, Ruso; four daughters, Kathie O'Day, Moorhead, Minn., Sandra Schneider, Dayton, Minn., Claudia (Andrew) Zink, Garrison, and Naomi (John) Thompson, Wilton; 18 grandchildren;10 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Ruth Nathan, Turtle Lake.
Those preceding her in death were: her parents, husband, one granddaughter, two brothers (one in infancy), and 4 sisters (one in infancy).
Selma (Knodel) Fylling was born September 26, 1932 near Drake ND on her grandparents' farm to Christian and Anna Knodel. She grew up south of Ruso ND and attended several rural schools near her family's farm.
Selma married Albert Fylling on February 2nd, 1951 in Turtle Lake. They lived, farmed, and raised their 8 children on the Fylling family homestead 11 miles south of Ruso until 2002 when they moved to Turtle Lake. Albert passed away in February 2008 after 57 years of marriage.
Selma was an active member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and served in many capacities over the years including church treasurer, Sunday school superintendant and teacher. She also held offices and was a youth leader for the Farmers' Union-Ruso Local for several years. Her talents were many and she shared them freely, especially when it came to supporting her beloved church. Selma cherished spending time with her family and above all enjoyed seeing and hearing about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Even after battling cancer for the last 15 months she left this world the way she lived her life, with a smile and a sense of humor.
She is survived by four sons: Rodney Fylling (Mindee Thuney), Ruso, Bryon (Laura) Fylling, Turtle Lake, Arlin (Annie) Fylling, McClusky, and Steven (Brenda) Fylling, Ruso; four daughters, Kathie O'Day, Moorhead, Minn., Sandra Schneider, Dayton, Minn., Claudia (Andrew) Zink, Garrison, and Naomi (John) Thompson, Wilton; 18 grandchildren;10 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Ruth Nathan, Turtle Lake.
Those preceding her in death were: her parents, husband, one granddaughter, two brothers (one in infancy), and 4 sisters (one in infancy).
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