Brita Kristina WIK

GEDCOM Note

From the Obituaries printed in the Minot paper:

"Mrs. Brita Strang

Mrs. Brita Strang, 93, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Iva Haugen, 501-10th Ave. SE., where she had lived since coming to Minot 6-1/2 years ago.

She was born on Oct. 28, 1866, in Spere, Sweden. In 1891 she was married to John Strang in Sweden, and they came to the United Statesin 1904, settling near Cohasset, Minn. They came to Minot in 1954, and Mr. Strang died in 1959.

Survivors are three sons, Ole of Cohasset, Andrew of Detroit, Mich., and Paul of Las Vegas, Nev.; four daughters, Mrs. Anna Adams of Cohasset, Mrs. Haugen, Mrs. Effie Rono of Detroit, and Mrs. Frances Freeman, of San Francisco, Calif.; 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Two sisters sisters preceded her in death.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Thompson-Larson funeral chapel. Rev. J.P. Dragseth will officiate. Burial is to be in the family plot of Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Friends may call at the funeral chapel after noon on Friday."

From another article....

"Funeral Services Strang---Pallbearers for the funeral of Mrs. Brita Strang, 93, of Minot to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Thompson-Larson funeral chapel, will be Arnold Hill, Ray Schliemann, Leslie Peterson, Emil Sylstad, Thor Ringdahl, and Raymond Yohner.

Rev. J.P. Dragseth will officiate at the funeral. Mrs. Hulda Tiller will sing and Mrs. Edward Fisher will be organist. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gradens.

Mrs. Strang died Thursday at the home of a daughter in Minot. She was preceded in death by four sisters, two brothers, and a son."