Raymond Olney SHELSTAD

1918 - 2010  (91 years)

• Name	Raymond Olney SHELSTAD
  Birth	8 Dec 1918	Swift County, Minnesota
  	as Sjelstad
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1918-35730
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2010-MN-008554
  Death	17 Mar 2010	Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota
  	Glacial Ridge Hospital
  Burial	Sunburg Free Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Minnesota
  Notes	BROOTEN — Raymond O. Shelstad, 91, of Brooten, died Wednesday at the Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Sunburg Free Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Memorials to the Sunburg Free Lutheran Cemetery Association are preferred. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Sunburg Funeral Home in Sunburg and for one hour prior to the service Tuesday at the church. Raymond was born Dec. 8, 1918, in Benson, the son of Oscar and Ruby (Hollen) Sjelstad. He was baptized and confirmed at Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Murdock and attended District 66 school in Swift County. Raymond was united in marriage to Phyllis Anderson on March 19, 1945. They lived and farmed in the Sunburg area until 1985, when he retired from farming but remained on the farm until 2002. In 2002, Raymond sold the farm to his stepson and wife, Charles and Barb Anderson, and moved into the Bon-Val apartments in Brooten. He remained there until his death. Raymond had a passion for farming. He enjoyed attending auctions and visiting with his friends and family. He is survived by his brother, Milton (and Elaine) Sjelstad of Sunburg; one stepson, Charles (and Barb) Anderson of Sunburg; four grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; besides other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Phyllis in 1996; one sister; one brother-in-law; one niece and one nephew.
  Person ID	I13916	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	11 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Oscar Iver SJELSTAD,   b. 30 Dec 1893, Minnesota d. 26 May 1977, Swift County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Ruby Theoline HOLLEN,   b. Jul 1897, Minnesota d. 21 Jul 1949, Swift County, Minnesota (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1917	Swift County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F9607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phyllis ANDERSON,   b. 6 Aug 1919, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota d. 27 May 1996, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1945	Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
  	as Raymond O Shelstad and Phyllis Anderson
  Family ID	F10361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2010