Service update information for Shirley:

Memorial Service : 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 22, 2021 at Fredrikson-Ganje Funeral Home, Ada, MN.

Visitation : One hour before the memorial service at the funeral home.

Shirley Inga (Klevgaard) (Self) Finch, 82, Bella Vista, AR, formerly of Ada, MN, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at her home under the care of Circle of Life Hospice.

Shirley Inga Klevgaard was born to George and Signora (Volness) Klevgaard in Felton, MN on June 19, 1938. She attended Felton Schools. She later received her GED in Moorhead, MN.

On December 17, 1955 she married Orin K. Self in the Borup, MN parsonage. Orin's Air Force service took them to Oklahoma, France, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota. They had three children, Brian, Brenda and Kim. On December 2, 1977 Shirley married Earle M. Finch in Sisseton, SD. They made their home in Fargo and Windsor, ND and Ada, MN.

Shirley was an avid and extremely skilled seamstress. She was especially good at costumes for herself, family or kids. She could reupholster any piece of furniture. She loved knitting and crocheting and any kind of needle craft. She was always up for doing any kind of puzzle, crossword and jigsaw being her favorites.  Cards were a favorite past time as well whether playing solitaire, pinochle, spades, hearts, cribbage or any other game.

She was preceded in death by both Orin and Earle; her parents; brothers, Ronald and Gerald Klevgaard; sisters, Janice (Warren) Ehrichs, Francis (Don Hatfield) (Vernon) Bittner, and Dianne (Arvin Syverson) (Robert) Bridgewater; one niece, Candace (Hatfield) Rickert; and one nephew, Byron Klevgaard.

She is survived by son, Brian (Jeanine) Self; daughters, Brenda (Joe) Andrews and Kim Moravec all of Bella Vista, AR; granddaughter, Jessica Pinkney (David Hagen) of Moorhead, MN; grandsons, Jason Self of Bella Vista, AR, Dr. Patrick Self (Caroline Muzic) of LaCrosse, WI, Michael (Gabriella) Moravec, Martin (Jessica O'Brien) Moravec, and Donald (Kayla Burby) Moravec of Thornton, CO; sister, Brenda (Arlen) Cummings of Detroit Lakes, MN; sister in law, Kay (Ed) Stevens of Pace, FL; step daughter, Debra (David) Facey and her daughter Eva of Two Inlets, MN; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.

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