Olney L. Moe, 97, died Tuesday at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison. He was born November 26, 1911 in Colman, SD to Ole and Laura (Johnson) Moe. He graduated from Colman High School in 1930 and then started farming near Colman. Olney married Merle Brown on December 19, 1936 in Minneapolis, MN. They owned and operated the Gambles Store in Colman from 1946-1959 and then he sold farm machinery and MoorMan's Feed. In 1963 he purchased the Colman Fertilizer business and operated it until his retirement in 1989. He also sold Pioneer Seed Corn along with agricultural fertilizers and chemicals. His wife preceded him in death on May 23, 1979. Olney was a member of the Colman Lutheran Church, served on the board of trustees and sang in the church choir and the Minnehaha Mandskor Glee Club. He also served on the Board of Directors for Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison, SD and the National Board of Directors of the Golden Dealers for Chevron Chemical Company.


Olney is survived by two sons, Roger (Helen), Sioux Falls and James (Cheryl), Grand Junction, CO; five grandchildren, Michael Moe, Angela (Lon) Semansky, Kristin Moe, Lisa (Wes) Dayley and Sara
Cutts; and five great-grandchildren, Lacey, Gabrielle, Jacob, Noah and Alex; one brother, Richard (Carmel) Moe, DeSmet, SD; one sister, Delores Peterson, Seattle, WA and two sisters-in-law, Edna Brown, Brandon, SD and Beth Seeley, Omaha, NE. He was preceded in death by his wife, Merle, his parents, four brothers, Lloyd, Herbert, Robert and Reginald and three sisters,
Arnola, Ellen and Lillian.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday at the Colman Lutheran Church with burial in the Colman Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 - 8 pm Friday with the family present from 5 - 7 pm at Skroch Funeral Chapel, Colman.

MEMORIALS TO BETHEL LUTHERAN HOME, MADISON, SD