Ellen Selim

Ellen Annabel Selim, the daughter of William Dryden and Viola Agnes (Kritenbrink) Smart, was born on May 3, 1929, near Creston in Union County, Iowa. Ellen entered eternal rest on June 7, 2011, at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-two years, one month and four days.
Ellen was a life-long resident of the areas near Orient, Creston and Murray. She graduated from Murray High School with the Class of 1947. Ellen attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Rapids; Creston Junior College; and Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, Colorado. Prior to her marriage, she taught country school in Clark County.
On January 10, 1954, Ellen married Raymond Martin Selim at the Methodist Parsonage in Osceola. Raymond passed away in September, 1985. She was a homemaker and farm wife until 1976. In 1976, Ellen started working at Greater Regional Hospital and worked as a Certified Nurse Aide for eighteen years. She retired in 1993.
As a young adult, Ellen had a great passion for horses and still enjoyed watching horse shows on television. Her hobbies included gardening, both vegetable and flower, and reading. Ellens dog Mollie was her pride and joy and she loved her granddaughter, Ashley.
Left to cherish Ellens memory are her children Susan (husband Bob) Kile, King City, Missouri; Jon B. Selim (and significant other, Susie Seals), Creston; and Nancy (husband Marty) Wantland, Creston; her granddaughter, Ashley Wantland, Creston; her brother: Lt. Col. Kenneth Smart, Salina, California; her brother-in-law: Eldon Proctor, Osceola; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Preceding Ellen in death were her parents; her husband in 1985; her infant daughter, Sheryl Lillian Selim in 1958; two brothers: Bob and Bill Smart; and one sister: Alice Proctor. She was also preceded in death by Edith (Don) Selim; Mabel (Albert) Hughes; Rusty (Forrest) Fowler; and Clara (Lloyd) Sevier.
Memorials may be directed to Greater Regional Hospice Home.