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Esther Striha

July 24, 1932-Feb. 18, 2018

Esther Striha, 85, rural

Butte, ND, passed away

Sunday, February 18,

2018, in her home.

Esther Heinle was born

to Otto and Katherina

(Fehr) Heinle on July 24,

1932, on the family farm-

stead located south of

Richardton, ND. She was

raised and educated in

Richardton. She then at-

tended nursing school in

Dickinson, ND and later

worked as an LPN for a

short time. Esther mar-

ried Elvin M. Striha

March 14, 1956, in He-

bron, ND. They made

their home on the Striha

family farm, located in

Dogden Township of

McLean County, near

Butte, ND. They eventual

ly took over the operation

of the family farm from

Elvin’s parents and con-

tinued to raise small

grains and livestock. Elvin

passed away November 8,

2004.

She enjoyed having a

household of kids. She ba-

bysat for many children of

family and friends. She

also enjoyed watching

television, the Golden

Girls being her favorite.

She enjoyed baking as

well and was famous for

her bread.

Surviving family in-

cludes: children: Joan

Striha of Turtle Lake, Ran-

dal Striha of Butte, Janet

(Paul) Fuchs of Norwich,

Linette Hjelden of Minot,

and Delvin Striha of Tur-

tle Lake; grandchildren:

Haley and Hadley Hjel-

den; Hunter and Cody

Fuchs; Jakob Kasprowicz,

Jared and JyliAnne Striha;

and numerous nieces and

nephews.

Esther was preceded in

death by: her parents;

husband, Elvin; brothers:

Emanuel and Willie

Heinle; sisters: Louise

Frey, Alvina Krein, Hilda

Kuntz, Gertrude Idler, and

Anna Auch.

Funeral: Thursday,

February 22, 2018, at 1:00

p.m. at Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home Chapel,

Minot.

Interment: Butte

Cemetery, Butte, ND, in

the spring of 2018.

Visitation: Thursday

from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00

p.m. at Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials: are pre-

ferred to St. Jude’s

Children’s Hospital or to

an organization of the

donor’s choice.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).