Oshel Dwain “O.D.” Edwards, 81, of Flandreau, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at Riverview Healthcare Community after a lingering illness.
Private family services will be held.
Oshel was born Aug. 15, 1936, at Leon, West Virginia, to Harry and Bernice (Morgan) Edwards.
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1951 and was discharged in 1961 having served as a Navy SEAL part of this time.
He married Elizabeth Ann Cohen in Las Vegas in December 1960. They had one son Dwain “Hoss” and one daughter, Lesle Lynn.
O.D. worked at various trades during his lifetime. He farmed and owned his own trucking company “All West.”
He bought a ranch in Charlo, Montana, and resided there after leaving a farm near Egan. He married JoAnn Anderson Nichols in October 2012 and then moved to Flandreau.
They spent several years RVing after he retired with his canine buddy “Harley.
They purchased a home in Wickenburg, Arizona, and planned to retire there but plans changed and they moved back to Flandreau in November 2016.
He is survived by his wife JoAnn; son Dwain (Linda) Edwards of Polson, Montana; three grandchildren; step-children, Janet Babcock (John Van Beeck) of Sioux Falls; Laurie (Kerry) Thomas of Flandreau; James (Rita) Babcock of Kenai, Alaska; a great-grandson; sister-in-law Barbara Anderson of Brandon; brother-in-law Larry Anderson of Flandreau and special friends, Jeff Newell of Vinton, Ohio, and Denny Neises of Flandreau.
Oschel was preceded in death by his daughter, Lesle; sister, Hazel and brother James.
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