STROBERG, Winona Maxine 1921-2006

STROBERG, ZEMANEK, ADAMS

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 2/11/2006 at 00:07:16

Funeral services for Winona Maxine Stroberg, age 84, of Osage, Iowa, were held on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment was in the Osage Cemetery.

Winona died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage.

Winona was born November 12, 1921 at home near Mitchell, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Wilma (Zemanek) Adams. She was united in marriage to Louis Stroberg in Osage on April 2, 1942. As a loving mother and wife, she enjoyed dancing, cards, baking, and canning. After entering the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar in 1979, Winona participated in many of the activities provided there for the residents.

Winona was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Louis; daughters, Donna and Elaine; brothers: Glen, Wayland, Gene, and Rene Adams; and a sister Virginia Peronteau.

Winona is survived by her seven daughters: Evelyn and Carol Stroberg of Osage; Sandra (Gary) Grandbois of Fremont, Calif.; Darlene (James) Wilkinson of Austin, Minn.; Ida (David) Stangl of Broken Arrow, Okla.; Nancy (Mark) Knutson of Boone; Dr. Christine Stroberg of San Jose, Calif.; three sons, Louis Stroberg Jr., David Stroberg, and Arnold (Sheila) Stroberg of Osage; 12 grandchildren: Brett Grandbois of Melbourne, Australia; Marc Grandbois of San Jose, Calif.; Camille Grandbois and Russell Grandbois of Fremont, Calif.; Jennifer (Rod) Hegna of Hayfield, Minn.; Jeffrey Wilkinson of Brownsdale, Minn.; Lindsey (Jeremy) James of Clear Lake; Blake Stroberg of Osage; Nicholas Stangl and Elizabeth Stangl of Broken Arrow, Okla.; Travis Knutson and Trent Knutson of Boone; four great-grandchildren: Logan and Brayden Hegna of Hayfield, Minn.; Nepkea and Abiagayle Stroberg of Osage; two sisters, Bonnie (Sonny) Grimm and Juanita Arickx of Osage; two brothers, Donald (Lillian) Adams of Austin, Minn., and Dean (Louella) Adams of Delavan, Wisc.; two sisters-in-law, Shirley Adams of Mitchell and Lillian Stroberg of Flushing, N.Y. She is also survived by her family at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, Iowa.

[Adapted from Mitchell County Press online - Posted Feb. 8, 2006 www.mcpress.com ]