VIRGIL L. STRATTON
Virgil L. Stratton, 71, Buffalo, formerly of Bemidji, died Tuesday in DVA Medical Center, Minneapolis.Virgil Lee Stratton was born May 8, 1928, the son of Jessie and Nellie (McCoy) Stratton, in Grand Forks County. He grew up and attended school in Bemidji. In 1951, he joined the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. He was discharged in 1956. He returned to Bemidji. He married Arlene Lofgren on Dec. 12, 1956, in St. Paul. They lived in Bemidji, where he worked for Standard Lumber. He did painting at Tabers Bait and Tackle and Bemidji Lakefront. He worked in Iowa doing tilling work. In 1976, he began working for American Crystal Sugar Co. East Grand Forks. He lived in Grand Forks. He retired in 1979 and returned to Bemidji.
He is survived by his wife; daughters, Vernae Stratton, Brainerd, Minnesota, Alice (David Olson), Laporte, Minnesota, Kathy Stratton, Bemidji; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; brothers, Joe, Fargo, Raymond (Barb) Buffalo, and Donald (Louis) New Brighton, Minnesota, and sisters Agnes Kujanson, Thief River Falls, Hazal Samson, St. Paul, and Violet (Glenn) Norberg, Spring Lake Park, Minnesota.
He was preceded in death by brothers and sisters.
Services: 10 a..m. Saturday, Bethel Lutheran Church, Bemidji.
Visitaton: One hour before services in the church.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji, Minnesota
VIRGIL L. STRATTON
Virgil L. Stratton, 71, Buffalo, formerly of Bemidji, died Tuesday in DVA Medical Center, Minneapolis.Virgil Lee Stratton was born May 8, 1928, the son of Jessie and Nellie (McCoy) Stratton, in Grand Forks County. He grew up and attended school in Bemidji. In 1951, he joined the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. He was discharged in 1956. He returned to Bemidji. He married Arlene Lofgren on Dec. 12, 1956, in St. Paul. They lived in Bemidji, where he worked for Standard Lumber. He did painting at Tabers Bait and Tackle and Bemidji Lakefront. He worked in Iowa doing tilling work. In 1976, he began working for American Crystal Sugar Co. East Grand Forks. He lived in Grand Forks. He retired in 1979 and returned to Bemidji.
He is survived by his wife; daughters, Vernae Stratton, Brainerd, Minnesota, Alice (David Olson), Laporte, Minnesota, Kathy Stratton, Bemidji; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; brothers, Joe, Fargo, Raymond (Barb) Buffalo, and Donald (Louis) New Brighton, Minnesota, and sisters Agnes Kujanson, Thief River Falls, Hazal Samson, St. Paul, and Violet (Glenn) Norberg, Spring Lake Park, Minnesota.
He was preceded in death by brothers and sisters.
Services: 10 a..m. Saturday, Bethel Lutheran Church, Bemidji.
Visitaton: One hour before services in the church.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji, Minnesota
Family Members
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Rachel Margaret Stratton Johnson
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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Chester Jesse Stratton
1920–1990
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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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Joseph Gene Stratton
1929–2015
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Donald Duane Stratton
1930–2020
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Hazel Frances Stratton
1933–1933
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Violet Ione Stratton Norberg
1934–2010
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Raymond Walter Stratton
1935–2007
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