Eldon Seelig
May 10, 1923-Feb. 22, 2017
Eldon Seelig, 93, of
Moorhead, MN, died
Wednesday, February 22,
2017 at Bethany on
University in Fargo, ND.
Eldon Seelig was born
May 10, 1923 in Lisbon,
ND, the son of Lloyd and
Bertha (Linzbach) Seelig.
He attended school at
Enderlin, Lisbon and
Casey Consolidated. He
was graduated from Lis-
bon High School in 1941
where he was active in
various sports. He contin-ued in sports while at-
tending Wahpeton State
School of Science where
he earned a letter playing
football.
In 1943 he enlisted into
the Army Air Corps. He
served with a B-24
bomber squadron at-
tached to the 5th Air
Force in the South Pacific.
After discharge in 1946
he attended North Dakota
State University at Fargo,
ND. He was graduated in
1949 with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Agri-
cultural Engineering. He
was employed by the US
Department of Agriculture
and lived in Mayville, ND
from 1949-1953.
He was united in mar-
riage to Marian Butler in
Aitkin, MN on March 31,
1951. They lived in May-
ville until moving to
Minot, ND in 1953 where
he was employed as a ter-
ritory manager by Min-
neapolis Moline Co. In
1960 he accepted employ-ment with the American
State Bank (now Bremer).
He eventually served as a
Senior Vice President,
working in the Agricul-
ture Loan Department for
about 28 years. He retired
in July of 1988.
Eldon was a member of
First Lutheran Church
since 1953 and served for
many years on the Board
of Directors for the First
Lutheran Foundation. He
served on the Church
Council and was
President from 1987-1988.
He was active in civic af-
fairs, serving as president
of the Minot Area
Development Corporation
in 1983-84, president of
the United Fund of Minot
in 1973-74, treasurer of
the Minot Chamber of
Commerce and board
member of the Minot
Country Club.
He was named a Paul
Harris Fellow by the
Minot Rotary Club. He
was a part member of the
Colin Brown Y’s Men
Club, Life member of the
Elks Club, member of the
Moose Lodge and Ameri-
can Legion. He was a gra-
duate of the School of
Banking at the University
of Wisconsin at Madison.
He also completed con-
tinuing education with
the American Institute of
Banking.
Eldon’s hobbies includ-ed golfing, hunting, fish-
ing, and gardening.
Eldon is survived by:
his wife, Marian; sons,
Bruce (Gay) Seelig, Fargo,
ND; Keith (Kari) Seelig,
Cameron, WI; daughter,
Margaret (Darryl) Ander-
son, Ottawa, IL; sisters,
Lois (Paul) Scheel, Bloom-
ington, MN; Dian Poitras,
Winfield, IL; grandchil-
dren, Rebecca (Luke) Don-
ley, Emily John) Shipman,
Aaron (Anne) Seelig, Eric
(Molly) Anderson, Maren
(Tommy) Caproni; and
great-grandchildren, Noel
Donley, Henry Shipman,
Runa Seelig, Kenzie
Anderson and Lillian
Caproni.
He was preceded in
death by: his parents and
great-grandson, Brayden
Anderson.
Funeral Service: 1:00
pm, Monday, February 27,
2017 at Pontoppidan
Lutheran Church, Fargo,
ND.
Visitation: One hour
prior to the funeral ser-
vice.
Burial: Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, ND.
Condolences and
memories may be shared
at www.hanson
runsvold.com.
Arrangements by
Hanson-Runsvold Funeral
Home, Fargo, ND.