Selma Lawton
d. January 23, 2005
Selma Lawton
Selma Margaret Lawton, age 83, of Mankato, died Sunday, January 23, 2005 at the Mankato Lutheran Home.
Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, January 28, 2005 at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato, with Rev. Donohue Sarff officiating. Interment will be in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, South Dakota. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m, Thursday at Mankato Mortuary, and continues one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Memorials are preferred to the American Lung Association, the Shrine to Music Museum at U.S.D.-Vermillion, or to the donors choice.
Selma was born July 7, 1921 to Richard T. and Carrie G. (Skartland) Gravrok in Vermillion, South Dakota. She was a 1939 graduate of Vermillion High School. Selma received her Bachelors Degree in Music from the University of South Dakota - Vermillion. She went on to receive her Masters Degree in Music Education and also a Specialist Degree in Education. Selma was united in marriage to Gerald B. Lawton on July 12, 1945 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion. Selma was principal cellist for the Sioux Falls and Sioux City Symphony Orchestras, and later with the Mankato Symphony. Selma taught cello and piano for many years. She and Gerald moved to Willmar in 1975 and to Mankato in 1992. She was a past member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion, Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar, and Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato. Selma played an active part in all of these churchs musical activities. She was also a member of Alpha Xi Delta - Social Sorority and PEO.
Selma is survived by three children, Karen (Azad) Mesrobian of rural St. Peter, Roxanne Lawton of Woodbury, and Ralph David RD (Annette) Lawton of St. Paul; four grandchildren, Kristin Mesrobian and husband, Jeff Johnson, Carrie Mesrobian and husband, Adrian Durand, Kaia Lawton, and Justine Lawton; three great-grandchildren, Sidian Johnson, Owen Johnson, and Matilda Durand Mesrobian; one brother, Robert (Eileen) Gravrok of Minneapolis; also nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gerald in 2002; infant daughter, Jennifer; and one brother, Ralph.
Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, January 28, 2005 at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato, with Rev. Donohue Sarff officiating. Interment will be in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, South Dakota. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m, Thursday at Mankato Mortuary, and continues one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Memorials are preferred to the American Lung Association, the Shrine to Music Museum at U.S.D.-Vermillion, or to the donors choice.
Selma was born July 7, 1921 to Richard T. and Carrie G. (Skartland) Gravrok in Vermillion, South Dakota. She was a 1939 graduate of Vermillion High School. Selma received her Bachelors Degree in Music from the University of South Dakota - Vermillion. She went on to receive her Masters Degree in Music Education and also a Specialist Degree in Education. Selma was united in marriage to Gerald B. Lawton on July 12, 1945 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion. Selma was principal cellist for the Sioux Falls and Sioux City Symphony Orchestras, and later with the Mankato Symphony. Selma taught cello and piano for many years. She and Gerald moved to Willmar in 1975 and to Mankato in 1992. She was a past member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion, Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar, and Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato. Selma played an active part in all of these churchs musical activities. She was also a member of Alpha Xi Delta - Social Sorority and PEO.
Selma is survived by three children, Karen (Azad) Mesrobian of rural St. Peter, Roxanne Lawton of Woodbury, and Ralph David RD (Annette) Lawton of St. Paul; four grandchildren, Kristin Mesrobian and husband, Jeff Johnson, Carrie Mesrobian and husband, Adrian Durand, Kaia Lawton, and Justine Lawton; three great-grandchildren, Sidian Johnson, Owen Johnson, and Matilda Durand Mesrobian; one brother, Robert (Eileen) Gravrok of Minneapolis; also nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gerald in 2002; infant daughter, Jennifer; and one brother, Ralph.
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