Riley Strand
1908 - 1996 (87 years)Person ID: I15683 | Last Modified: 3 Mar 2025
1888 - 1982 (93 years)-
Name Riley Strand Gender Male Birth 5 Aug 1908 Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA 
Died 15 Jan 1996 Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA Buried East Community Cemetery, Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA [1] -
Parents
Father Isaac Bertinus Strand (ID:I15681)
b. 26 Dec 1886, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
d. 28 Sep 1947, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA (Age 60 years) Mother Martha Bertina Johnson (ID:I15682)
b. 18 Jun 1888
d. 1982 (Age 93 years)
Siblings3 brothers and 1 sister -
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Event Map
Birth - 5 Aug 1908 - Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA 
Died - 15 Jan 1996 - Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA 
Buried - - East Community Cemetery, Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8441531/riley-strand.
Riley Strand, 87, Plaza, died Monday Jan. 15, 1996, in a New Town nursing home.
He was born Aug 5, 1908, to Isaac and Martha Strand, in Lake Township near Benson, Minn. He was raised and attended school in the Benson area. He moved to Van Hook in 1945 and started a blacksmith shop with his brother Melvin. In 1949, they moved to LItchville, where they operated a blacksmith shop until 1977. They then moved to Plaza, where they operated a blacksmith shop, and were semi-retired. He lived in Plaza until he entered the New Town Nursing Home in 1992.
Survivors: sister, Inez Loen, Parshall; brother, Gunther, Alexandria, Minn.
Funeral: Saturday at 1 p.m. in New Town Nursing Home.
Burial: East Plaza Cemetery.
Visitation: Today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Johnson Funeral Home, Parshall.
Published in the Minot Daily News, Minot, North Dakota, January 17, 1996
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213
