STRATE OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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STRATE, Dorothy Lucinda MARTIN 1909 - 1997

Dorothy Lucinda Martin Strate, 88, Holden, died Sunday, November 16, 1997, at 
Lee's Summit Hospital, Lee's Summit. She was born on August 27, 1909, in St. 
Louis, daughter of William Henry Martin and Dora Ellen Moreland Martin. She had 
lived in the Holden community since 1951. Mrs. Strate graduated from Calhoun 
High School in 1927. She received her BS degree and her MS in education degree 
from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and the University of 
Missouri at Columbia. She began her teaching career at Moore School near her 
hometown of Calhoun. She then taught at Land School and George School near 
Clinton. From there she moved to Doak School near Holden. There she met and 
married her husband, Warren A. Strate on May 7, 1938, in Nevada, and they moved 
to Independence, where their three sons were born. In 1951 she and her family 
moved to a farm near Holden, and after her sons were in school she resumed her 
teaching career at LaTour School in LaTour. After teaching four years in Johnson 
County, she accepted a position with the Odessa School District where she taught 
until she retired in 1975. Mrs. Strate was a lifetime teacher, wife and mother. 
She was recognized many times for her teaching accomplishments. She was a 
member of the First United Methodist Church of Holden, United Methodist Women, 
Missouri State Teachers Association, Holden Garden Club, Shakespeare Club of 
Holden and the International Reading Association. She is survived by her husband 
of the home; three sons, Warren Edward and his wife, Jackie, Krum, Texas, James 
William and his wife, Sharon, Enid, Oklahoma, and Larry David and his wife, Vicki 
Holden; a brother, Harold Martin, Independence; six grandchildren, Kimberly 
Coake, Friscoe, Texas, Karen McIntosh, Norman, Oklahoma; Christie Strate, Enid, 
Oklahoma, Jim Strate, Jr., Waukomis, Oklahoma, and Kelli Strate and Tricia 
Strate, Holden, and three great-grandchildren, Brandon Coake, Justin Strate, and 
Jarred Strate. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Gene Martin and Earl 
Martin. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, November 19, at the Williams 
Funeral Chapel in Holden with Rev. Steve Shearer officiating. Catherine Roberts 
accompanied Virginia Thurman as she sang Abide With Me and Amazing Grace. 
Burial was in Holden Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dale Strate, Gary Strate, Gene 
Strate, Darrell Martin, Donald Martin, Mike Martin and Danny Martin. Memorial 
contributions may be made to the Dorothy Martin Strate Memorial Scholarship 
Fund in care of the funeral home.

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