Wendell D. Solberg, 71, of Alcester, SD, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD.  Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 25, at Alcester United Church of Christ.  A prayer service will be held at the church at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 24 with visitation to follow until 8:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial donation to Alcester United Church of Christ.

Wendell Solberg was born on September 22, 1946, and was adopted by Oscar & Alice (Moberg) Solberg. He was raised on a farm south of Alcester and attended country school and graduated from Alcester High School in 1964.

He farmed with his dad until he enlisted in the Air Force in 1966. Wendell spent 1 year in the Philippines and 3 years in Rantoul, Illinois, receiving an honorable discharge in 1970. He married Kathy McKellips in Alcester on July 2, 1966. After leaving the service, they returned to Alcester where he farmed for a short time and where their daughter Becky was born. In 1980, Wendell began working at the State Bank of Alcester as a loan officer, and later in his career worked as a teller before retiring in 2015.

They lived in several cities including Hawarden, Vermillion, Orange City and Alcester. He was a very devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He loved to go fishing, take care of his yard, and host backyard barbecues. He was a true optimist, who always had a smile and a joke, and was dearly loved by friends and family. He was a member of United Church of Christ, Alcester, where he ushered and mowed for the church, and did many volunteer jobs.

Wendell was preceded in death by his parents, wife Kathy, and father-in-law Roger McKellips. He is survived by his daughter, Becky Kezar, and her husband, Bob,  Mead, Colorado; two grandchildren Austin and Amy Powell; mother-in-law Wilma McKellips, Sioux Falls; sisters-in-law Sherran Sommervold and her husband, Merlyn, Chancellor, SD and Beverly Livingston, Sioux Falls; brother-in-law Gary McKellips and his wife, Deb, Alcester, SD.

He will be missed.