Roy Jerome "Uncle Roy" Messelt, age 92, of Ham Lake, MN, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2023. Born December 18, 1930 on a farm near Winger, MN, he grew up exploring the outdoors, playing baseball, being a great brother, and reading. Roy graduated from McIntosh High School in 1948, and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1951. Serving in the Philippines during the Korean War, he was honorably discharged in 1955. Roy graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1957. After three years in Chicago, he returned to Minneapolis as a CPA, retiring from Medtronic in 1980. He spent his later years researching financial markets, trying to beat blackjack, following golf, speculating for gold in Alaska, researching his roots in Norway, being a great uncle, and reading. Roy read incessantly; politics, world events, science, sports, or anything of intellect. He focused on narcolepsy, and spent his adult life helping his doctors find a cure for those like him coping with the disorder.

Roy is preceded in death by parents, Ole and Agnes; three sisters: Beulah, Aileen, Florence, and their spouses; and brothers, Orville and Myron and their spouses, and brother, Noel. He is survived by sister-in-law, Sharon, and many nieces and nephews, relatives and friends.

A celebration of Roy's life was hosted by his family on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11 am, at Roberts Family Funeral Home in Forest Lake, MN. Inurnment will be held at Storelvedalen Cemetery, rural Winger on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 10 am.