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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271597
Title: Elaine E. Stromme
Date: 12/22/1945-5/11/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 12/22/1945
Summary: Elaine Stromme, 79, Wilton, ND, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on May 11, 2025. A funeral service was held May 23, 2025, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Killdeer, ND, with Pastor Nabben and Pastor Paul Schauer officiating. Burial was at Oakdale Cemetery. Elaine Eleanor Fenton, daughter of George and Thelma (Edwards) Fenton, was born on December 22, 1945, in the Killdeer Hotel. She was raised in the Killdeer area and also received her education there, graduating from Killdeer High School in 1963. On September 24, 1962, Elaine was united in marriage to Sid Stromme. They eloped and were married in St. Anthony, ID. Together they raised their four children, Mary, Lesley, Shawn, and Warren, on their ranch south of Dunn Center. Over the years, Elaine worked as a clerk for the family auction business, and for a time at Western Livestock in Dickinson. Later she worked at the Hilltop Home of Comfort in Killdeer, and after Sid and Elaine moved to Montana she was employed by Pierry Manufacturing for several years before retiring. Elaine had various hobbies, but she loved to travel, and Sid and Elaine were fortunate enough to be able to travel across the United States and Canada, in 2010 to Israel, and in 2012 to Norway. Her last trip across the ocean was to Scotland in 2023 with her sisters and other family members. What brought Elaine the most joy was time spent with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She will be deeply missed by her husband, Sid Stromme, Wilton; her children, Mary Stromme, Grand Forks,ND, Lesley (John) Schmitt, Anaconda, MT, Shawn (Heather) Stromme, Hazen, ND, and Warren (Amy) Stromme, Billings, MT; her 13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandson; her sisters, Lois Bang, Killdeer, and Jane (Bob) Schettler, Killdeer; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Thelma (Edwards) Fenton; her sister, Carol Nygaard; and brothers-in-law, Dave Nygaard and Thorvald Bang.
Red ID: FND_I_79094 Image ID: 525775 Image Notes: FND001 271597

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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