Sally Lehr Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

A memorial service celebrating the life of Sally Lehr of Ottertail, MN, and Desert Horizons, CA, and formerly of Wadena, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Wadena, with Pastor Jim Stoneman presiding. Family and friends may gather at the church on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the memorial service. Sally Ann Davis Lehr, AKA Mustang Sally, rides on. Sally passed away peacefully in Ottertail June 16, 2020 in the presence of family at the age of 82. Sally was born March 11, 1938 to Russell and Lucille Davis in Hunter, ND. Sally moved to Wadena in 1947 where she attended high school and graduated in 1956. Her father Russell founded Russ Davis Wholesale in 1955 driving back and forth from the Minneapolis fruit terminal in his car back to central Minnesota. Eventually he would purchase the first truck for the operation with proceeds from a settlement for Sally's benefit. Sally's husband Jim and her brother Gary grew the company over the years and would later sell the company to its employees. Sally attended NDSU after high school and married Jim on March 29, 1958. Sally then began a lifelong career of motherhood and grand motherhood to her grandchildren Alison McIntyre, Mitchell Lehr, Taylor Lehr, Avery Lehr and Will Lehr. She also was a great grand mother to Jimmy McIntyre and more recently to Margaret McIntyre. Sally was involved in many community organizations including PEO, Meals on Wheels, Madhatters and the Congregational Church. Sally was an inventor of a skate guard, den mother, cheerleader and bus driver to many extracurricular activities of her children. She loved the lake life and boating to Zorbas with her grandchildren. Sally was a competitor who loved playing cards and games. Sally will be best known and missed by the communities in which she lived including NDSU, Wadena, Ottertail and Desert Horizons. Sally was very social and valued her friends immensely. Her nickname, Mustang Sally, is indicative of her social life as the dance floors would part for her and her husband Jim whenever the song Mustang Sally was played. Sally will always be loved and remembered by her sister, Linda; and sons: JD (Connie), Tom (Nancy), and Steve (Natalie), and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim; brother Gary Davis; sister-in-law Benda Davis; and her parents.

Sally Lehr

March 11, 1938 - June 16, 2020