Strom, Rev. Michael 1903-1973

STROM, REITZ

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 2/1/2009 at 22:00:45

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Rev. Michael Strom, 69, a longtime Akron area Baptist minister
DATE OF DEATH: Saturday, Jan. 27, 1973
PLACE OF DEATH: Akron hospital
CAUSE OF DEATH: …after a long illness.
DATE OF BIRTH: April 7, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH: Honefoss, Norway
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SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Maria Reitz, in 1928.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: He came to the United States at age 23 and attended Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago. Rev. Strom was graduated from Gordon College and Divinity School at Boston, Mass., at which time he was ordained. He served pastorates in Rocksbury, Mass.; Oxford, Neb.; Trent, S.D.; Columbus, Neb.; Knoxville, Codell, Kan.; Hawarden and Akron. He also acted as manager of the Harlan Baptist Home at Harlan. Rev. Strom was moderator of the York Baptist Assn. and a member of the Baptist state board of managers in Nebraska. He also served as president of the Ministerial Assn. in Columbus.
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PLACE OF BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The LeMars Sentinel, January 1973