Harriett Tures Selders, 96,
of Mendota went to be with
the Lord on May 20, 2015.
There will be no services.
Interment of ashes will be at
Oakwood Cemetery, Ottawa
at a later date.
Arrangements were provided
by Merritt Funeral
Home, Mendota.
She was born Sept. 27,
1918, in Ottawa to Albert
and Vera (Beguin) Goetsch.
How do you sum up a
person's life in a few paragraphs?
She had a caring
and fun-loving nature with a
twinkling personality and
was loved by her many
friends and her caregivers at
Mendota Lutheran Home.
Her wish would be to be
remembered by the times
she touched someone's life,
by bringing a smile or offering
them something to eat.
She was famous for always
being able to put a meal on
the table at a moment's notice.
She is survived by one
daughter, LuAnn Lilja of
Des Plaines; one granddaughter,
Aimee (James)
Gustafson III of Aurora;
two great-grandchildren,
James IV and Kristina
Gustafson; one brother,
Donald (Jane) Goetsch of
Ottawa and one brother-inlaw,
Lyle (Ellen) Hathorn of
Ottawa.
Memorials in her name
may be directed to Mendota
Lutheran Home.