February 25, 1925 – May 7, 2021
Mass of Christian Burial for Genevieve Selzler, 96, of Mobridge will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 22, 2021 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Mobridge. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will start at 2 p.m. Friday with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Genevieve passed away Friday, May 7, 2021 at the Mobridge Regional Hospital.
Genevieve Margaret Goldade was born February 25, 1925 to Joseph and Regina (Holzer) Goldade at her parents’ home in Linton, ND. The family later moved to what is now the Lawrence Goldade farm, southwest of Timber Lake. Genevieve and her nine siblings grew up on that farm and they walked five miles to the Madsen Country School. Occasionally they got to ride a horse.
At the age of 25, on September 19, 1950, Genevieve married Frank Selzler in a double wedding with her sister Elizabeth and Frank’s brother Antone Selzler. The two couples lived north of Glencross on the current Carl Salzer place. After about six years, Frank bought the blacksmith shop from John Brehm and they moved to Timber Lake and made their home there. They lived across the road from the elevator and Genevieve made many trips to the shop to give Frank a coke and to check on him. Her brother John and Esther Goldade and family moved next to them. Antone and Elizabeth’s boy, Jake, stayed with Genevieve and Frank during the week and went to school in Timber Lake. She considered Cathy, Lawrence, Helen and Renee Goldade and Jake Selzler as her own kids. Later when the grand kids came along, they were her pride and joy.
About 17 years ago, Frank and Genevieve (a little reluctantly) moved to Mobridge to be closer to the hospital.
Genevieve was a great cook and will be remembered for her creamed chicken, soup and German potato salad. She had quite a way with her beautiful house plants and in the earlier years always had a huge garden. Genevieve loved to watch the Minnesota Twins baseball games. In the earlier years she and Frank loved to get together with family and friends to play hand and foot canasta.
Frank passed away July 29, 2013. Philiphine moved in with her mother to help her to continue to live in her home. She spent only three days in the hospital until the time of her death.
Genevieve is survived by her children, Philiphine Selzler Smolik of Mobridge and Leo (Bev) Selzler of McKenzie, ND; four grandsons - Ted (Jackie Ridl) Smolik of Timber Lake, Brian (Christina Tourgeon) Smolik of Mobridge, Blake (Holli) Selzler of Linton, ND, and Garret (Krista Wolff) Selzler of Sterling, ND; great-grandchildren Trace Smolik of Rapid City, Tempest Smolik of Timber Lake, and Rebel Selzler of Sterling; step-great-grandchildren, Jesse, Katie, and Colton Ridl and Ryker Wolff; sister Marian Selzler of Mobridge. and sisters-in-law Esther Goldade of Timber Lake, Mary (Selzler) Goldade of Rapid City and Jean Selzler of Belle Fourche.
Genevieve is preceded in death by her husband, Frank, her parents, siblings Ferdinand, Joseph, Antone, Leopold, Elizabeth, Anna, Johanna, and John, and son-in-law, Victor Smolik.
(Philiphine Smolik’s address is 702 6th Ave. E., Mobridge, SD 57601 and Leo Selzler’s address is 26649 Hwy 20, McKenzie, ND 58572.)