Oliver Burton Rollag, 96, Beaver Creek, died Thursday, June 20, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at Palisade Lutheran Church, rural Rock County. Burial will precede the service at West Palisade Cemetery. A visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 28, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Garretson, South Dakota.
Oliver Rollag was born on Dec. 16, 1922, to Oscar and Hilda (Halverson) Rollag on a farm near Booge, South Dakota. He graduated from Valley Springs High School in 1940 and later served in the United States Navy at the end of World War II.
On May 30, 1948, he married Arlene Carlson at Beaver Valley Lutheran Church near Valley Springs, South Dakota. They lived in Sioux Falls where he worked for John Morrell & Co. In 1952 Oliver and Arlene moved to rural Beaver Creek, where he began his farming career. Even when he was no longer actively farming, Oliver continued to help his son on the family farm. He also faithfully maintained a very large garden, the produce of which he readily shared with family and friends.
Oliver was baptized and confirmed at Palisade Lutheran Church, where he became a lifelong member.
He is survived by his wife, Arlene; children Diane Peterson, Hallock, Carlene (Pat) Lawler, Zumbrota, Janice Rollag, Farmington, and Lyle (Sharil) Rollag, Beaver Creek; nine grandchildren, Laura (Tim) Linder, Beth (Jeff) Jiskra, Anna (Dalton Little) Peterson, Molly Lawler, Katie Lawler, Berik Kallevig, Thomas Rollag, Alaina Rollag and Sean Rollag; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Doris (Kermit) Rye; sisters-in-law Lottie Rollag and Karen Rollag; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers, Howard, Milton, Roger, Lester and Glenn.
Memorials may be directed to the Palisade Cemetery Association.
Arrangements are provided by Minnehaha Funeral Home of Garretson, minnehahafuneralhome.com.
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