Lester K. Rollag, 69, Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Beaver Creek, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Memorial services were Wednesday, Aug. 15, at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Burial was in West Palisades Cemetery, Garretson, S.D.
Lester Rollag was born to Oscar and Hilda (Halverson) Rollag on Feb. 15, 1932, in Booge, S.D. He grew up on the family farm near Beaver Creek and graduated from Beaver Creek High School in 1950. He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army stationed in Knoxville, Tenn., from 1951 to 1952.
He married Lottie Hill on Feb. 8, 1960, in Knoxville. Shortly after, the couple moved to Sioux Falls. Mr. Rollag was an insurance inspector with Insurance Services Office, retiring in 1980 due to complications from multiple sclerosis after 25 years of service. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1968.
Mr. Rollag was a long-standing member of First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. He was also an avid golfer at Luverne Country Club and umpired his sonsÕ fast-pitch softball games. He enjoyed bowling with his wife and relatives in various leagues in Sioux Falls and joining his buddies on summer fishing trips to northern Minnesota and winter golfing trips to the Caribbean. He was a life member of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and Paralyzed Veterans Association.
Survivors include his wife, Lottie Rollag, Sioux Falls; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Keith Rollag, Boston, Mass., and Wayne and Barb Rollag and their children, Ryan and Erin, Chicago, Ill., two brothers and sisters-in-law, Oliver and Arlene Rollag, Beaver Creek, and Glenn and Karen Rollag, Sacramento, Calif.; one sister and brother-in-law, Doris and Kermit Rye, Sioux Falls; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mr. Rollag was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son and three brothers, Howard, Milton and Roger.
George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.