Harold Norman SELSETH

Notes:

Harold N. Selseth, Jr., age 89, of Willmar, died Monday evening, October 8, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, October 12, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church.  Interment will be in the church cemetery with military honors provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post #167 of Willmar. 

Harold Norman Selseth, Jr. was born October 5, 1929, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota, the son of Harold, Sr. and Esther (Boe) Selseth.  He was baptized and confirmed at Vinje Lutheran Church and attended Willmar Public Schools, graduating from Willmar High School in 1947.  He served stateside in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.  On June 14, 1955, he married Penny Marie Klabunde and they made their home in Willmar.  Harold was employed as a Postal Supervisor at the Post Office in Willmar from 1964 until his retirement in 1990.

Harold was a lifelong member of Vinje Lutheran Church and Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post #167 in Willmar of which his father was a founding member.  He enjoyed art, reading, riding motorcycle, and spending time with his family.

He is survived by two daughters: Kathryn Selseth and Rev. Kerry Selseth, both of Willmar, MN; a sister: Ruth (and Myron) Noben of Sun City, AZ; and other relatives and friends.  He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife: Penny in 2017; and a brother and sister in infancy.

Harold married Mabel Marie (Penny) KLABUNDE on 14 Jun 1955 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Mabel was born on 30 Sep 1936 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jan 2017 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harold + Esther Florentine BØE. Esther (daughter of Haaver Evensen BØE and Ingri Evensdatter HOLLEN) was born on 17 Feb 1898 in Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 16 Jan 1972 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Haaver + Ingri Evensdatter HOLLEN. Ingri (daughter of Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD and Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA) was born on 12 Apr 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Oct 1942 in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Bøe nordre

Even married Ragnild Tostensdatter KJERSTEIN in 1853. Ragnild (daughter of Torstein Ivarsen KJERSTEIN and Kari Olsdatter ØYLO) was born in 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Even’s 2nd wife.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Mar 1804, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Even and Ragndi were first cousins.

He is not in either of Jim’s databases.

He was a soldier in Norway. He was the heir to his father’s plass in Høllen on Høverstad.

He and Anne were living on Høllen in the 1865 census with their children Sigri, age 19, Anne, age 17, Kristofer, age 12, and Ingri, age 7.

The records of the Norway Lake Lutheran churches have this entry for Even: “Even H. Hollen, born in Balders, married with Anna Tostenson, born in Balders. To Goodhue County 1866.”

In the 1870 census, he and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. The household consisted of Even Helgeson, 67, Anna, 49, Christopher, 15, Even, 8, and Ida, 11.

In the 1880 census, he was Even Helgerson, now living with his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. His household consisted of Even, 77, Anne, 60, Anne, 29, Christ, 24, Even, 17, and a 9 year-old adopted daughter named Maria Olson. Maria had been born in Minnesota and her father in Norway. Everyone else in the household had been born in Norway.

He was 91 year-old Even Hollen, living with his son Even in Kerkhoven Twp, in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

Birth:
or very early 1804; Find A Grave says November 1803

Baptism:
WIlhelm Wilhelmsen Baggethun (#4790) was one of his sponsors

Died:
Find A Grave, from photo of his gravestone

Buried:
as Even H Hollen

Even married Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA on 11 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Tosten Pedersen QVIEM and Ingri Jensdatter KVIESMOEN) was born in Nov 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Oct 1913 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Dec 1820, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not in either of Jim’s databases.

Born Anne Tostensdatter Qviem. Married as Anne Tostensdatter Veflenseiet.

In the 1900 census, she was Anne Hallen, a 79 year-old widow living in Kerkhoven Twp with her son Even Hallen and his family. The census did not include how many children she had had or how many were living.

In the 1905 state census, she was 84 year-old Annie Halen, living with her son Even and his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

Birth:
FInd A Grave says Nov 29