Lorraine Strand

Lorraine Strand, age 81, of Erskine, MN passed away on Saturday (August 4th) at First Care Hospital in Fosston, MN. Funeral services will be held on Friday (August 10th) at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Erskine with the Rev. Timothy Lundeen officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday (August 9th) from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home in Erskine. There will also be reviewal for one hour prior to the service on Friday at the church. Interment will be at Rodnes Lutheran Cemetery, rural Erskine, and the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home of Erskine is in charge of the arrangements.Lorraine Jeannette Klabo was born on July 13, 1926 on a farm west of Hatton, North Dakota to parents Carl and Mable (Otterstad) Klabo. She grew up in Hatton, graduated from the high school in 1944, then attended Aaker's Business College in Grand Forks. Following college, she taught at a rural school near Sharon, North Dakota for two years. On October 24, 1947, she married Gehard Helmer Strand at Crookston, Minnesota. After their marriage, they moved to Erskine where Lorraine was still living. Gehard passed away on October 5, 1992.Lorraine was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, the WELCA and she belonged to the "Jolly 14" Homemaker's Club of Erskine for 54 years.Lorraine passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2007 at First Care Hospital in Fosston at the age of 81 years.Survivors include three sons, Jeffrey and his wife, DeNae of Princeton, MN, and Gregory of Crown Point, NM, and Jon and his wife, Kristine of Minnetonka, MN; granddaughters, Amy Strand of St. Paul, MN, and Sara (Eric) Nelson of Zimmerman, MN; brother-in-law, Stanley (Bonnie) Strand of Erskine, MN; step sister-in-law, Dolores (Joe) Chikos of Ontario, CA; step brother-in-law, Elrane (Betty) Kraft of Spokane, WA and many cousins, step cousins and others who where near and dear to Lorraine.She was preceded in death by her husband, Gehard; her parents; one brother, Thelmer Klabo; brothers-in-law, Henning and Reuben; and sisters-in-law, Ordell Bishop (Dale), and Jean Klabo.