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Strien, Verla W. (Schara) 1912-1994

SCHROEDER, SCHARA, STRIEN, MYHRE, MAPSON, FERRIS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/6/2003 at 17:04:55

Verla W. Strien

Verla W. Strien, 81, a former resident of the Farmersburg and Postville area died of cancer at the Ravenwood Health Care Center at Waterloo Friday, Jan. 7, 1994.

She was born February 6, 1912, in Castalia, the daughter of Fred and Jennie Schroeder Schara. She married Carl A. Strien of Farmersburg December 14, 1927, in Decorah. He died December 18, 1989. Mrs. Strien and her husband farmed in the Farmersburg and Postville area, moving to Waterloo in 1952.

Survivors include a son, Curtis of Waterloo; three daughters, Virginia Myhre of Decorah, Betty Mapson of Sterling, Ill.; and Charlotte Ferris of Lancaster, Wis.; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Ray Schara of Postville and Kenneth and Charles Schara, both of Austin, Minn.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994, at First Lutheran Church at Waterloo and committal service at the Postville Cemetery, Postville.

Marie Probert, Farmersburg, attended the committal service of Verla Strien. Marie was a sister-in-law to Verla.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.


 

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