Herbert Meredith "Mike" Selby was born November 6, 1918, in Kimball, South Dakota, to Genevieve Myers and Arthur L. Selby. His parents were Vaudeville players and traveled extensively. Mike was left in the care of his loving grandmother, Evangeline (Eva) March Myers and his Uncle Bert Myers. He graduated from high school in Wisconsin, where he was an active thespian and played coronet in the band. In April, 1938, he married Virginia Elaine Baker, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They began their marriage in a tiny 3 room house on Grove Court in Cedar Rapids, and soon had three children, Diann, Doug, and Dale. During World War II Mike was Chief Timekeeper for Wilson and Company packing plant. He had no car, so commuted to work on his bicycle. It was often said around the neighborhood when Mike would fly by on his way home, "It's a bird, it's a plane, NO, it's Mike on his bike". Mike loved sports and was quite a good pitcher for the local softball team. An avid Cubs fan, he could always be found by the radio listening to Bert Wilson broadcast the game. Around 1946, the family moved to an acreage next to Virginia's parents, and in the early 1950's they moved to the Quad Cities where Mike was a night manager of the loading dock at Oscar Mayer and Co. He later began and operated his own business, S&G Control Service. Mike loved working on electronics and made quite a few of the ham radio equipment he used to communicate with his friends. After they had raised their children, Virginia and Mike separated and divorced. He married Dorathea Beorkrem in the early 1970's and shared more than 20 happy years with her and her children, Karen, Rick, and Mark, and with their grandchildren. Mike was Dorathea's caregiver during her battle with cancer until her passing in 1993. Mike passed away on November 25, 2001 in Waterloo, Iowa, from complications of Alzheimer's disease.