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Saturday Memorial Service for Ruth V. (Jacobson) Strandine
WILLMAR, MN (January 26, 2006) - A memorial service for Ruth Victoria
(Jacobson) Strandine, 94, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at First
Covenant Church. Strandine died January 12.
A lifelong member of the Evangelical Covenant Church, she held
denominational offices in Covenant Women Ministries, served two terms on
the Covenant Board of Benevolence, was president of the Northwest
Conference Covenant Women, and served as moderator for the Covenant
Women Ministries Triennial in 1988.
Strandine is the daughter of Covenant pastor Thure and Mabel Jacobson
and was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, on Aug. 15, 1911. She grew up in
Chicago, Illinois; Omaha, Nebraska; and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Strandine attended Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.
She was married to Dr. Eldon Strandine in 1935. The couple lived in
Chicago for 41 years and moved to Willmar in 1976. She and Eldon were
crowned the Kandiyohi County Senior Queen and King in 1984.
She was preceded in death by Eldon and two sisters. Survivors include
two daughters, Marilynn (and James) Tiede of Spicer, Minnesota, and
Lenore (and Ramsey) Schaffnit of Glenn Ellyn, Illinois; five
grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home of Willmar, which can be
contacted at 320-235-0545. Additional information will be posted to this
online Covenant news report as it becomes available.
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