Obit for STRUBE, Martha A., Big Stone Co., MN
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Martha A. Strube   this article doesn't have any dates to give me a hint 
of when she was born or died and she died in Milbank, SD so I can't check 
the death index

Rites Held for Mrs. M. Strube on July 6th

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha A. Strube, 88, of Ortonville, who died 
Thursday at the Whetstone Valley Nursing home in Milbank, were held on 
Monday, July 6, at the Trinity Lutheran church in Ortonville.
Burial was in the St. Johns Lutheran cemetery in Alban township, Grant 
County, following the church service.
Rev. E.W. Eifert officiated and music was provided by a ladies' trio of 
Mrs. Weston Schneck, Mrs. E.W. Eifert and Mrs. Arthur Hamann singing 
"Beautiful Saviour".
A congregational hymn was also sung and Miss Karen Eifert was the 
organist.
Martha Amelia Strube was born in Germany, daughter of Carl and Wilhelmina 
Ehlert, and came to this country with her parents when she was seven 
years old.  The family moved to a farm in Yellowbank Township in Lac qui 
Parle county, Minn., where she lived there until her marriage to August 
Strube on July 12, 1900.
They were married at the Yellowbank Lutheran church.  After their 
marriage, they lived and farmed in Alban township.
Mr. Strube passed away in 1925 and Mrs. Strube remained on the farm 
until 1952 when she moved to Ortonville.  Mrs. Strube was the last 
surviving charter member of the St. John's Lutheran congregation in 
Alban township.
Surviving are her daughters, Frieda (Mrs. Ted Zielke) of Big Stone, 
S.D. and Selma (Mrs. Wm. Felton) of Ortonville, her sons, Helmuth of 
Big Stone City, Edward of Jordan Minn., Wenhard of Big Stone City, 
and Arno of Ortonville, 18 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, 
a sister, Mrs. Amanda Tulowetzke of Watertown, SD., and a brother, 
Erick Ehlert, of Ortonville.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, three sisters 
and a brother.
Pallbearers were Dennis Draght, Kenneth Zielke, Don Felton, Glenn 
Strube and Roy Strube.
The Schoen-Ekelund Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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