Raynord Molander

Raynord “Ray” Molander, of Sioux Falls, died Saturday, June 27 at the Centennial Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 1 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church from 5-7 p.m. with a 7 p.m. scripture service. Funeral service will be Thursday, July 2 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Fr. Chester Murtha officiating. Burial will be at St. Ann’s Catholic Cemetery.

Raynord was born to Nels and Maude (Mattson) Molander in Huron, SD on September 18, 1924.  He received his education in Huron, and then joined the Navy in 1944 serving as a radioman aboard LCTs and LSTs in the South Pacific.  After his discharge in 1946, Raynord started work with Chicago Northwestern Railroad as a relief agent.  He spent time in several central South Dakota communities and then settled in as a permanent Depot Agent in Wolsey, South Dakota. 

He married Hazel Christiansen in 1948.  She passed away from leukemia that same year.  He married Charlotte (Beaner) Weaver in 1952.  They made their home in Wolsey for 18 years.  During that time Raynord served as Secretary\Treasurer on the School Board and the Downtown Merchants Association.   He also volunteered for community betterment with the Fire Department and the Community Improvement Association.  His career advancement to a train dispatcher with CNW Railroad took them from Wolsey to Mason City Iowa and on to St Paul, MN where he retired.   Raynord enjoyed their winter home in Yuma AZ and traveling the summers in their motor home.

He is survived by his wife Charlotte, children, Dennis (Deanna) Weaver, Tea, SD, Mary Jane (David) Newell, Brookings, SD,  Bryan (Cherie) Molander, Mason City, IA,  Nola Immeker, Des Moines, IA,  son-in-law Terry (Dorothy) Tucker, Winston Salem, NC,  seventeen grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren, a brother, Ronald (Ives) Molander, Cornville, Az, sisters Ruby (Steve) Picek, Huron, SD, and Marie Smith, Alexandria, MN, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, his parents, his daughter Patricia (Weaver) Tucker, a sister and brother in law Ruth and Raynold Ortbahn and brother in law Bill Smith.

Memorial may be directed to the Centennial Hospice Cottage or the Catholic Foundation of Sioux Falls.

 
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