Marvin Leroy Selge Sr.
Dec. 5, 1925-April 8, 1996
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Tuesday, April 9, 1996
Marvin Selge dies
Founded Selge Construction Co.
NILES—The founder of Selge Construction last a battle with cancer Monday.
Funeral services for Marvin Leroy Selge Sr., 70, 1117 Oakdale, Niles, are Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Niles, by the Rev. Dr. Ron Wakeman.
Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Mr. Selge died at 9:30 a.m. Monday at his home.
He was born Dec. 5, 1925, in South Bend, Ind. He married the former Phyllis Ann Domer on May 26, 1943 in Angola, Ind. She survives.
Mr. Selge was an Army veteran of World War II. He fought in Luxemburg[sic] and Germany, and took part in the Battle of the Bulge. He received three European theater of operation Battle Stars, three citations and the Bronze Star.
Mr. Selge enrolled in flight school under the G.I. Bill in 1947, and successfully obtained his commercial pilot's license. He founded Selge Construction in 1959, and retired from the company in 1994.
He was one of the founders, and a past president, of the Four Flags Flying Club. He also had a special interest in Youth Athletics, contributing to the construction of many are sports facilities, including the building and construction of the Brandywine High School baseball filed in 1972.
He was a 32nd-degree Master Mason, and a member of the St. Joseph Valley Masonic Lodge No. 4, F.&A.M.
Selge also belonged to the Niles Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks No. 1322 of Niles, and the Orchard Hills Country club, where he served as a board member for six years.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Judy A. Elms of Valparaiso, Ind. and Gayle Godsey of Buchanan; two sons, Gary L. Selge and Marvin L. Selge Jr., both of Niles; a sister Gertrude Hoffman of South Bend; two brothers, Charles Selge of Lakeland, Fla., and Paul Selge of Terre Haute, Ind.; and seven grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home, Niles. Memorial contributions may be made to the Foundation of the First Presbyterian Church or the American Cancer Society.