Remembering the life of Winifred M. Struck...
The Memorial Service for Winifred M. Struck, of 915 Maplehill Dr., Albert Lea, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2005
at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend John Bromeland will officiate. Friends may visit with family one hour before the service at the church. Interment will be in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
Winifred died peacefully on Monday, May 16, 2005 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was 98.
She was born on July 23, 1906, in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Harry B. and Nancy Ann (Bishop) Glidden.
She graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis, and then completed two years of schooling at the University of Minnesota, and one year at the Minnesota School of Business.
She lived in Minneapolis and worked at Travelers Insurance for four years. On September 12, 1932, she was united in marriage to Wehrmann A. Struck in Mitchell, South Dakota.
The couple lived on a farm east of Gordonsville in Shellrock Township where she lived until July 4, 1977, when she moved to live at
Senior Court in Albert Lea. She had worked for School District #245
Glenville School for 15 years in the cafeteria.
Winifred was a member of the United Methodist Church where she had been
active in the UMCW.
She was a volunteer at St. John's Lutheran Home and also for RSVP and served as a peer counselor.
She enjoyed crocheting, reading and was an avid Twins baseball fan
She is survived by five children: Nancy A. Nelson of St. Paul, MN, James A. Struck of Holstein, NE, William A. Struck and his wife, LaDonna of Albert Lea, Mary L. O'Brien and her husband, Leo of Sierra Vista, AZ, Thomas Struck of Phoenix, AZ; 16 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren;
6 great great grandchildren; half sister, Harriet Blakemore of Witchita, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1975, and her parents.