Merna Jean Strathman, 86, Abbotsford, died March 5, 2017, at Colonial Center Rehabilitation Center in Colby.
Merna was born in Rockford, Ill., to Fayne and Fern (Barker) Moore. Her grandparents raised her when her mom died of scarlet fever when she was very young, while her siblings lived with other relatives and friends.
She graduated from Dor-Abby in 1947. She then went to work at Abbotsford Phone Exchange. She married Eugene Strathman on Jan. 22, 1955, in Waukegan, Ill., afterwards moving to Abbotsford. He died Oct. 4, 2012.
Merna went to work at St. Joseph’s Hospital as a switchboard operator and in the admitting dept. When they made the move to the new addition to the hospital, she worked in the telecommunications dept. for 45 years, retiring in 2010. She also was the organist for First Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, the United Church of Christ in Colby and Dorchester, the First Presbyterian Church in Marshfield, and played for many weddings in the area. She was a lifetime member of the Colby VFW Post No. 2227 Auxiliary and also the treasurer for the Abbotsford Cemetery Association.
She is survived by six children, Fred (Roma), Hyattsville, Md., Martha (Roger) Ried, Colby, Tom (Kim), Winthrop Harbor, Ill., Mary (Tracy) Sanders, Abbotsford, Marcy (Steve) Amundson, Abbotsford, and Joan (Eugene) Jensen, Unity; 16 grandchildren, Steve, Mark (Nina), Nathan, Nick, Noah (Codi), Russell (Sierra), Michael, Boone, Seth, Connor, Kasha, Zelly, Kara, Ian, Gunner and Clayton; and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Henry, O’Fallon, Mo.; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene; grandsons, Roger Jr., Robert and Sean Ried; a sister, Mae Leona Bates; and a brother, Barker Douglas Moore.
A memorial service will be held at noon on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church, Abbotsford. The Rev. Marcia Thomas will preside.
Marshfield News Herald Mar 13 2017
Merna was born in Rockford, Ill., to Fayne and Fern (Barker) Moore. Her grandparents raised her when her mom died of scarlet fever when she was very young, while her siblings lived with other relatives and friends.
She graduated from Dor-Abby in 1947. She then went to work at Abbotsford Phone Exchange. She married Eugene Strathman on Jan. 22, 1955, in Waukegan, Ill., afterwards moving to Abbotsford. He died Oct. 4, 2012.
Merna went to work at St. Joseph’s Hospital as a switchboard operator and in the admitting dept. When they made the move to the new addition to the hospital, she worked in the telecommunications dept. for 45 years, retiring in 2010. She also was the organist for First Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, the United Church of Christ in Colby and Dorchester, the First Presbyterian Church in Marshfield, and played for many weddings in the area. She was a lifetime member of the Colby VFW Post No. 2227 Auxiliary and also the treasurer for the Abbotsford Cemetery Association.
She is survived by six children, Fred (Roma), Hyattsville, Md., Martha (Roger) Ried, Colby, Tom (Kim), Winthrop Harbor, Ill., Mary (Tracy) Sanders, Abbotsford, Marcy (Steve) Amundson, Abbotsford, and Joan (Eugene) Jensen, Unity; 16 grandchildren, Steve, Mark (Nina), Nathan, Nick, Noah (Codi), Russell (Sierra), Michael, Boone, Seth, Connor, Kasha, Zelly, Kara, Ian, Gunner and Clayton; and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Henry, O’Fallon, Mo.; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene; grandsons, Roger Jr., Robert and Sean Ried; a sister, Mae Leona Bates; and a brother, Barker Douglas Moore.
A memorial service will be held at noon on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church, Abbotsford. The Rev. Marcia Thomas will preside.
Marshfield News Herald Mar 13 2017
Merna Jean Strathman, 86, Abbotsford, died March 5, 2017, at Colonial Center Rehabilitation Center in Colby.
Merna was born in Rockford, Ill., to Fayne and Fern (Barker) Moore. Her grandparents raised her when her mom died of scarlet fever when she was very young, while her siblings lived with other relatives and friends.
She graduated from Dor-Abby in 1947. She then went to work at Abbotsford Phone Exchange. She married Eugene Strathman on Jan. 22, 1955, in Waukegan, Ill., afterwards moving to Abbotsford. He died Oct. 4, 2012.
Merna went to work at St. Joseph’s Hospital as a switchboard operator and in the admitting dept. When they made the move to the new addition to the hospital, she worked in the telecommunications dept. for 45 years, retiring in 2010. She also was the organist for First Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, the United Church of Christ in Colby and Dorchester, the First Presbyterian Church in Marshfield, and played for many weddings in the area. She was a lifetime member of the Colby VFW Post No. 2227 Auxiliary and also the treasurer for the Abbotsford Cemetery Association.
She is survived by six children, Fred (Roma), Hyattsville, Md., Martha (Roger) Ried, Colby, Tom (Kim), Winthrop Harbor, Ill., Mary (Tracy) Sanders, Abbotsford, Marcy (Steve) Amundson, Abbotsford, and Joan (Eugene) Jensen, Unity; 16 grandchildren, Steve, Mark (Nina), Nathan, Nick, Noah (Codi), Russell (Sierra), Michael, Boone, Seth, Connor, Kasha, Zelly, Kara, Ian, Gunner and Clayton; and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Henry, O’Fallon, Mo.; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene; grandsons, Roger Jr., Robert and Sean Ried; a sister, Mae Leona Bates; and a brother, Barker Douglas Moore.
A memorial service will be held at noon on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church, Abbotsford. The Rev. Marcia Thomas will preside.
Marshfield News Herald Mar 13 2017
Merna was born in Rockford, Ill., to Fayne and Fern (Barker) Moore. Her grandparents raised her when her mom died of scarlet fever when she was very young, while her siblings lived with other relatives and friends.
She graduated from Dor-Abby in 1947. She then went to work at Abbotsford Phone Exchange. She married Eugene Strathman on Jan. 22, 1955, in Waukegan, Ill., afterwards moving to Abbotsford. He died Oct. 4, 2012.
Merna went to work at St. Joseph’s Hospital as a switchboard operator and in the admitting dept. When they made the move to the new addition to the hospital, she worked in the telecommunications dept. for 45 years, retiring in 2010. She also was the organist for First Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, the United Church of Christ in Colby and Dorchester, the First Presbyterian Church in Marshfield, and played for many weddings in the area. She was a lifetime member of the Colby VFW Post No. 2227 Auxiliary and also the treasurer for the Abbotsford Cemetery Association.
She is survived by six children, Fred (Roma), Hyattsville, Md., Martha (Roger) Ried, Colby, Tom (Kim), Winthrop Harbor, Ill., Mary (Tracy) Sanders, Abbotsford, Marcy (Steve) Amundson, Abbotsford, and Joan (Eugene) Jensen, Unity; 16 grandchildren, Steve, Mark (Nina), Nathan, Nick, Noah (Codi), Russell (Sierra), Michael, Boone, Seth, Connor, Kasha, Zelly, Kara, Ian, Gunner and Clayton; and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Henry, O’Fallon, Mo.; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene; grandsons, Roger Jr., Robert and Sean Ried; a sister, Mae Leona Bates; and a brother, Barker Douglas Moore.
A memorial service will be held at noon on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church, Abbotsford. The Rev. Marcia Thomas will preside.
Marshfield News Herald Mar 13 2017
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