From the Grand Forks Herald 7/5/1990
Chester Stratton
Grygla, Minn --- Chester J. Stratton, 70, Grygla, died Tuesday, July 3, 1990, in his home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Grace Lutheran Church, Grygla. Visition will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today, in Green Funeral Home, Thief River Falls, and an hour before services in the church. Burial will be at the St. Olaf Cemetery, near Grygla. Members of the Thief River Falls VFW will conduct military honors.
Chester J. Stratton was born Feb. 2, 1920 in Crary, North Dakota, the son of Jesse and Nellie Stratton. At the age of 3, he moved with his family to Grygla area, where he grew up and attended school. He married Ovedia Anderson August 30, 1945, and the couple lived in the Grygla area, where he was a heavy equipment operator for Holthusen Construction Company. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II.
Survivors include his wife; son Chester Jr., Grygla; daughters Pauline (Mrs. Wallace) Sistad, Grygla, Vivian (Mrs. Floyd) Sunsdahl, Biwabik, Minnesota, and Jane (Mrs. Leo) Hoy, Gatzke, MInnesota; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brohers, Eddie, Winona, Minnesota, Virgil, Bemidji, Joseph, Lynwood, Washingon, Donald, New Brighton, Minnesota, Raymond, Buffalo, Minnesota, and Gilbert, Port Richey, Florida; sisters, Vivian Kiel, Lynwood, Lillian (Mrs. Walter) Blilie, Rush City, Minnesota, Hazel Samson St. Paul, Violet (Mrs. Glenn) Norberg, Minneapolis, and Agnes (Mrs. Arnie) Kujanson, Grygla.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one brother.
From the Grand Forks Herald 7/5/1990
Chester Stratton
Grygla, Minn --- Chester J. Stratton, 70, Grygla, died Tuesday, July 3, 1990, in his home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Grace Lutheran Church, Grygla. Visition will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today, in Green Funeral Home, Thief River Falls, and an hour before services in the church. Burial will be at the St. Olaf Cemetery, near Grygla. Members of the Thief River Falls VFW will conduct military honors.
Chester J. Stratton was born Feb. 2, 1920 in Crary, North Dakota, the son of Jesse and Nellie Stratton. At the age of 3, he moved with his family to Grygla area, where he grew up and attended school. He married Ovedia Anderson August 30, 1945, and the couple lived in the Grygla area, where he was a heavy equipment operator for Holthusen Construction Company. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II.
Survivors include his wife; son Chester Jr., Grygla; daughters Pauline (Mrs. Wallace) Sistad, Grygla, Vivian (Mrs. Floyd) Sunsdahl, Biwabik, Minnesota, and Jane (Mrs. Leo) Hoy, Gatzke, MInnesota; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brohers, Eddie, Winona, Minnesota, Virgil, Bemidji, Joseph, Lynwood, Washingon, Donald, New Brighton, Minnesota, Raymond, Buffalo, Minnesota, and Gilbert, Port Richey, Florida; sisters, Vivian Kiel, Lynwood, Lillian (Mrs. Walter) Blilie, Rush City, Minnesota, Hazel Samson St. Paul, Violet (Mrs. Glenn) Norberg, Minneapolis, and Agnes (Mrs. Arnie) Kujanson, Grygla.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one brother.
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1913–1988
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Vivian Stella Stratton Keil
1915–2008
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Leona Bernice Stratton
1916–1916
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Lillian Esher Stratton Blilie
1917–1990
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Eddie Lawrence Stratton
1919–1997
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Gilbert Henry Stratton
1921–1998
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Agnes Marie Stratton Kujanson
1923–2017
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Herman Louis Stratton
1924–1957
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Elizabeth Annie Stratton
1925–1926
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Hazel F Stratton Samson
1927–2016
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Virgil Lee Stratton
1928–1999
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Joseph Gene Stratton
1929–2015
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Donald Duane Stratton
1930–2020
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1933–1933
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1934–2010
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Raymond Walter Stratton
1935–2007
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