Edward E Slettom was raised on a farm near Little Falls, MN active in 4-H and FFA, served a State FFA President in 1939. He received a degree in agriculture from the U of M and was a member of Farm House fraternity. He taught Vo-Ag in Fairmont, MN where he met Iris. They married in 1944. Ed served in the Armed Forces WWII European Theatre in the 365th Medical Battalion.
He was Rice County agricultural Extension Agent in Faribault, MN from 1946-51, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture 1951-56, Executive Director of the Minnesota Assn. of Cooperatives 1956-86. The National Association of FFA awarded him the Honorary American Farmer Degree in 1976 and he was inducted into the Co-op Hall of Fame in Washington, DC in 2009. Ed served on the Board of Directors for Voyagers National Park, MN Safety Council, MN Highway Users Conference, the Cooperative Foundation, National Conference of State Co-op Councils and MN Society of Association Executives. Ed was a passionate educator who started many youth Co-op programs and helped start a museum showcasing the history of the Capper-Volstead Act and the origins of the farmer cooperatives.
Ed's international work included founding member of MN-Uruguay Partners of the Alliance, now Partners of the Americas; guest lecturer US Labor Dept in Spain and Member of Cooperative League USA delegation to the People Republic of China 1984.
Ed and Iris were members of St. Anthony Park UCC in St. Paul for 60 years and attended Glen Community Church over the past 40 years.
Ed and Iris, married 68 years, died within four days of each other at Golden Horizons, Aitkin, MN where they lived together the past four years. They resided in St. Paul from 1951 to 2008.
They are survived by daughter, Mary Jo Rajala (John) Danville, CA: sons, Bill Slettom, Monticello, MN, John (Jeanyne) Slettom of Glen and Claremont, CA; Robert (Faye) Slettom, Park City, UT; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
Service in the Glen/Aitkin community Tuesday, July 24, Glen Community Church followed by an open house at the Slettom farm on Clear Lake.
Service in St. Paul will be Thursday, July 26 at St. Anthony Park UCC.
Obituary courtesy of Dick Thelander
He was Rice County agricultural Extension Agent in Faribault, MN from 1946-51, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture 1951-56, Executive Director of the Minnesota Assn. of Cooperatives 1956-86. The National Association of FFA awarded him the Honorary American Farmer Degree in 1976 and he was inducted into the Co-op Hall of Fame in Washington, DC in 2009. Ed served on the Board of Directors for Voyagers National Park, MN Safety Council, MN Highway Users Conference, the Cooperative Foundation, National Conference of State Co-op Councils and MN Society of Association Executives. Ed was a passionate educator who started many youth Co-op programs and helped start a museum showcasing the history of the Capper-Volstead Act and the origins of the farmer cooperatives.
Ed's international work included founding member of MN-Uruguay Partners of the Alliance, now Partners of the Americas; guest lecturer US Labor Dept in Spain and Member of Cooperative League USA delegation to the People Republic of China 1984.
Ed and Iris were members of St. Anthony Park UCC in St. Paul for 60 years and attended Glen Community Church over the past 40 years.
Ed and Iris, married 68 years, died within four days of each other at Golden Horizons, Aitkin, MN where they lived together the past four years. They resided in St. Paul from 1951 to 2008.
They are survived by daughter, Mary Jo Rajala (John) Danville, CA: sons, Bill Slettom, Monticello, MN, John (Jeanyne) Slettom of Glen and Claremont, CA; Robert (Faye) Slettom, Park City, UT; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
Service in the Glen/Aitkin community Tuesday, July 24, Glen Community Church followed by an open house at the Slettom farm on Clear Lake.
Service in St. Paul will be Thursday, July 26 at St. Anthony Park UCC.
Obituary courtesy of Dick Thelander
Edward E Slettom was raised on a farm near Little Falls, MN active in 4-H and FFA, served a State FFA President in 1939. He received a degree in agriculture from the U of M and was a member of Farm House fraternity. He taught Vo-Ag in Fairmont, MN where he met Iris. They married in 1944. Ed served in the Armed Forces WWII European Theatre in the 365th Medical Battalion.
He was Rice County agricultural Extension Agent in Faribault, MN from 1946-51, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture 1951-56, Executive Director of the Minnesota Assn. of Cooperatives 1956-86. The National Association of FFA awarded him the Honorary American Farmer Degree in 1976 and he was inducted into the Co-op Hall of Fame in Washington, DC in 2009. Ed served on the Board of Directors for Voyagers National Park, MN Safety Council, MN Highway Users Conference, the Cooperative Foundation, National Conference of State Co-op Councils and MN Society of Association Executives. Ed was a passionate educator who started many youth Co-op programs and helped start a museum showcasing the history of the Capper-Volstead Act and the origins of the farmer cooperatives.
Ed's international work included founding member of MN-Uruguay Partners of the Alliance, now Partners of the Americas; guest lecturer US Labor Dept in Spain and Member of Cooperative League USA delegation to the People Republic of China 1984.
Ed and Iris were members of St. Anthony Park UCC in St. Paul for 60 years and attended Glen Community Church over the past 40 years.
Ed and Iris, married 68 years, died within four days of each other at Golden Horizons, Aitkin, MN where they lived together the past four years. They resided in St. Paul from 1951 to 2008.
They are survived by daughter, Mary Jo Rajala (John) Danville, CA: sons, Bill Slettom, Monticello, MN, John (Jeanyne) Slettom of Glen and Claremont, CA; Robert (Faye) Slettom, Park City, UT; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
Service in the Glen/Aitkin community Tuesday, July 24, Glen Community Church followed by an open house at the Slettom farm on Clear Lake.
Service in St. Paul will be Thursday, July 26 at St. Anthony Park UCC.
Obituary courtesy of Dick Thelander
He was Rice County agricultural Extension Agent in Faribault, MN from 1946-51, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture 1951-56, Executive Director of the Minnesota Assn. of Cooperatives 1956-86. The National Association of FFA awarded him the Honorary American Farmer Degree in 1976 and he was inducted into the Co-op Hall of Fame in Washington, DC in 2009. Ed served on the Board of Directors for Voyagers National Park, MN Safety Council, MN Highway Users Conference, the Cooperative Foundation, National Conference of State Co-op Councils and MN Society of Association Executives. Ed was a passionate educator who started many youth Co-op programs and helped start a museum showcasing the history of the Capper-Volstead Act and the origins of the farmer cooperatives.
Ed's international work included founding member of MN-Uruguay Partners of the Alliance, now Partners of the Americas; guest lecturer US Labor Dept in Spain and Member of Cooperative League USA delegation to the People Republic of China 1984.
Ed and Iris were members of St. Anthony Park UCC in St. Paul for 60 years and attended Glen Community Church over the past 40 years.
Ed and Iris, married 68 years, died within four days of each other at Golden Horizons, Aitkin, MN where they lived together the past four years. They resided in St. Paul from 1951 to 2008.
They are survived by daughter, Mary Jo Rajala (John) Danville, CA: sons, Bill Slettom, Monticello, MN, John (Jeanyne) Slettom of Glen and Claremont, CA; Robert (Faye) Slettom, Park City, UT; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
Service in the Glen/Aitkin community Tuesday, July 24, Glen Community Church followed by an open house at the Slettom farm on Clear Lake.
Service in St. Paul will be Thursday, July 26 at St. Anthony Park UCC.
Obituary courtesy of Dick Thelander
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