Strubbe, Alphonse P. 1880-1968

STRUBBE, BLAUWET

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:36

Source: Rock Valley Bee (8-15-1968)

Born: March 25, 1880
Died: August 12, 1968

RITES FOR ALPHONSE STRUBBE

Funeral services for Alphonse P. Strubbe, 88, will be held in St. Mary’s Catholic Church Friday at 10:30 A.M. with the Reverend Richard E. Zenk officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Rosary will be recited Thursday night at 8:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home.

Mr. Strubbe died Monday morning at Valley Manor, where he had been a resident for 15 months.

He was born March 25, 1880 in Belgium. He married Marie Blauwet, October 2, 1907 in Marshall, Minnesota and they farmed in the Rock Valley, Hudson area until they retired to Valley Manor. Mr. Strubbe is survived by his wife, Marie; three sons: Alphonse and Vincent of Hudson and Clarence of Indianapolis, Indiana; two daughters, Mrs. Marshall Sletten, Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Arthur Gayer of Inwood. They also raised a foster daughter, Alice Bottomlay of Omaha, Nebraska; nine grandchildren; one great- grandchild. Also one brother, Jerome of Elkton, South Dakota and a sister, Mrs. Pete De Surer of Mineota, Minnesota.

Pallbearers are Jake Gravengood, Merle Solberg, Matthew Bantz and Louis Miller, Clay McNee and Charles Gourley.

Honorary casket bearers are Olaf Lode, Frank McGill, William Serek and Carl Miller.