VISITATION:1:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 27, 2019

First Presbyterian Church - Miller, S.D.

FUNERAL SERVICE:2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 27, 2019

First Presbyterian Church - Miller, S.D.

MINISTER: Rev. Brian Jones

CASKETBEARERS:Justin Sell - Wade Oechsle

Tyler Oechsle - Corey ReselStephan Resel - Philip Oechsle

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:Heather Resel - Kelsey Oechsle

USHERS: Jim Jones & Rich Waldrop

PIANIST: Janice Palmer

MUSIC SELECTIONS:" He Lives"

"My Old Man""I'll Fly Away"

INTERMENT:St. John's Cemetery

Tulare, South Dakota

Arrangements Entrusted ToReck Funeral Home - Miller, S.D.

www.familyfuneralhome.net

Edward D. SellApril 20, 1939 - August 22, 2019

God’s Farm

God needs someone in HeavenTo plow and plant the rowsAnd when He calls on me,

I know that I must go.Remember that I won’t be gone,

I will just be away,Working on God’s farm

‘till we’re united again one day.There will be no storms in Heaven

And the fields are long and straight.When it’s time for you to join me,

I’ll be waiting inside Heaven’s gate.Remember until the day arrives,

When once more our lives we’ll share,To look in the green fields growing

And you’ll see me working there.

Edward Dean Sell, 80, of Miller, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2019 at his home.

Edward was born April 20, 1939 to Elmer and Helen (Chytka) Sell in Wagner, SD. He attended country school through the 8th grade. While in his teens, Ed helped build both the Gavin’s Point and Oahe Dams.

On July 14, 1970, he married Shirley Gortmaker in Huron, South Dakota. To this union are three children, Justin, Jodi and Lori. Ed loved farming and cattle and knew his way around any equipment and how to fix just about anything. He worked for several farmers in the Miller area before his retirement in 2016. In his past time, he liked to watch western movies and The Price Is Right.

Grateful to have shared in his life are his wife of 49 years, Shirley, Miller; his three children: Justin Sell, Miller, Jodi (Philip) Oechsle, Hitchcock, Lori (Stephan) Resel, Miller; five grandchildren: Wade (Kelsey) Oechsle and Tyler Oechsle, Hitchcock, Corey Resel and Heather Resel, Miller; one great grandchild due in October; siblings: Jean (Lloyd) Myears, Green Ridge, Missouri, Sharon Davis, Rockham, Shirley (Robert) Peterman, Miller, Linda (Rich) Clark, Gettysburg, Tina (Bob) Danielson, St. Lawrence and Diane (Tim) Goetz, Miller, and Robert Sell, St. Lawrence.

He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Larry; and brother-in-law, Jim Davis.