Monona-Polk County IA Archives Obituaries.....Strain, Frank Mitchell October 15, 1940
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Obituary of Frank Strain			1940

	Frank Mitchell Strain, son of William Harrison and Elizabeth Morgan 
Strain, was born October 15, 1877, at Adel, Iowa.  He came with his parents in 
early childhood to Monona County in a covered wagon and lived for a short time 
on what is known as the Morton farm just south of Onawa.
	He received his schooling in the schools of Monona county.  At the age 
of eighteen he worked with his brother Elmus who then operated a barber shop 
at Ute, Iowa and there he learned the trade that he followed a greater share 
of his life.
	His brother Elmus was elected to serve as the Sheriff of Monona county 
and Frank came to the county seat and worked with his brother in the sheriff’s 
office.  It was during this time that he learned to know the work of law 
enforcement and desired to continue in that work doing his bit as a good 
citizen in the county.  Her served again as a deputy in charge of the east 
side of the county under Sheriff Henry Harlow.
	In 1906 he moved to Soldier, Iowa and worked there in the barber shop 
for Mr. L. K. Boe.
	On August 19, 1908 he was united in marriage to Minnie Hedum.  To this 
union was born one son, Warren.
	In the fall of 1929, thru Adult Confirmation and Holy Baptism, he 
became a member of the Soldier Valley Lutheran Church, Soldier, Iowa.  He 
retained this membership up to the time of his death.
	He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Moorhead, Iowa.
	During the years he lived in Soldier, Iowa Mr. Strain served in 
various capacities in the community life in that village, serving as 
constable, as a councilman, and served as Mayor at the time he received the 
appointment as Deputy Sheriff under the present administration.
	He and his wife moved to Onawa, Iowa, January 1, 1939, when he took up 
his duties under Sheriff Melvin S. Peterson.
	Frank Strain was known and loved by both young and old throughout the 
entire county.  He was known and loved by all who learned to know his 
principles and his policy of dealing fairly with all.  In observing Mr. Strain 
while carrying out the official duties as a deputy sheriff it was evident that 
all who came under his jurisdiction were treated with the utmost courtesy and 
kindness.
	In serving the citizenry of this county, Mr. Strain served well; was 
just in the performance of his dealings and fearless in the performance of his 
duties.  We in Monona county have lost a faithful public servant.  One who was 
always on duty, one who loved to serve and one who always had a kind word of 
greeting to those he met.
	On Saturday afternoon, October 12, together with Mr. Fred Dunbar, Mr. 
Strain drove to Galva, Iowa in the performance of his official duties.  While 
in Galva he became ill.  Medical attention was given him there and he was 
brought back to the Onawa hospital.  He received all the medical aid that was 
possible, but the Lord God saw fit to take him from this vale of sorrows to 
Himself in heaven, and on Tuesday, October 15, 1940 (the day he was to 
celebrate his birthday) his Maker called him to His Heavenly Home, dying from 
a cerrabral(sic) hemorage(sic).
	He is survived by his wife and his son, Warren; three sisters:  Miss 
Nellie Strain of Hollywood, Calif., Mrs. Josephine Wax of Glendive, Montana 
and Mrs. Elsie Watts of Los Angeles, Calif.; and by four brothers:  M. K. 
Strain of Anerely, Sask., Canada, Isaiah Strain of Oto, Iowa, Bert Strain of 
Glenn Sprey, N. Y. and Charles Strain of Hollywood, California.  Three 
brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
	Those who mourn have our sincere sympathy and the sympathy of the 
citizens of Monona county.
	May the God of all grace be with them in their great sorrow, 
strengthen and comfort them.
	Funeral services were held on Friday, October 18, 1940 at the First 
Congregational Church in Onawa, with Rev. O. G. Salveson, pastor of the 
Trinity English Lutheran Church of Onawa and Rev. E. E. Hoff, pastor of the 
Soldier Valley Lutheran Church, Soldier, in charge.
	Miss Irene Johnson on the Onawa school faculty played the pipe organ 
during the service.  Mrs. O. G. Salveson sang “Come Ye Disconsolate” and a 
quartet from Soldier, consisting of Miss Alice Wingate, Mrs. Conrad Rude, Mr. 
Kenneth Mathison and Mathew Mathison sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Lead 
Kindly Light.”
	Two classmates of Warren Strain who is a student at the Luther 
Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, spoke for the student body of that 
school.  Mr. Olaf Storaasli, student body president, spoke for the……(rest is 
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