Selma Muriel Muhle was born April 16, 1914, in Glyndon, MN, to Oscar and Minnie (Helseth) Muhle. She was raised in that area and attended Glyndon High School.
Selma's career was primarily a desk clerk at hotels and motels in the Moorhead, MN, area. She began at the "New" Comstock Hotel and later at what is now the Day's Inn, in south Moorhead. She retired after working at the Silver Spike Motel in Dilworth, MN.
Selma was a people person who enjoyed events, gatherings and coffee with her friends and relatives. She enjoyed making lefse, especially during the holidays, and had a list of names of people who commissioned her to make lefse for them.
Selma was also well known for her talent of playing the piano by ear. She volunteered at seven nursing homes in the Moorhead and Fargo, ND, area. She volunteered at Eventide the Fairmont, Moorhead, for almost twenty years.
Selma entered Golden Living Center, Moorhead, in 2007. With her daughter by her side, Selma passed away Monday, January 11, 2016, at one hundred and one years of age.
She is survived by her daughter, Lois Arneson, Moorhead; thirteen grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; two sisters, Gina Tang, Dilworth, and Irene Hiltwein, Moorhead; and two brothers, Ken (Lois) Muhle, Detroit Lakes, MN, and Vernie Muhle, Fargo.
Selma was preceded in death by her sons, Rodney and Wayne (and his wife, Bonnie) Weatherford; five brothers, Ole, Norman, LeRoy, Orville and Harold Muhle; two sisters, Ethyl and Evelyn; and a son-in-law, Alvin "Buzz" Arneson.
Memorials are preferred to Glyndon Lutheran Church, where Selma was confirmed.
Her funeral will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, January 16, 2016, in Glyndon Lutheran Church. Burial will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Glyndon.
Cemetery Details Riverside Cemetery, Glyndon Glyndon, MN 56547
Funeral service
JAN 16. 10:30 AM (CT)
Glyndon Lutheran Church
414 Parke Avenue
Glyndon, MN 56547