Esther Norma Strike

November 21, 1927 - July 16, 2014

Esther Norma Strike, age 86 of Spring Grove passed away Wed. July 16, 2014 at Tweeten Lutheran Healthcare in Spring Grove. Esther was born on Nov. 21, 1927 to Julius and Louise (Exe) Johnson. On Sept 19, 1946 Esther married WWII veteran Richard O. Strike. The couple farmed in the rural Rochester, Mn area for most of her life, where she enjoyed the simple pleasures of farm life, horses, gardening, and raising a family of two boys Dave and Steve. Esther loved to read her Bible in support of her strong Lutheran faith. Esther continued to farm with her husband until his death in 2000, when she moved to Spring Grove. She worked at the Tweeten Lutheran Healthcare until Nov. of 2009, when she became a resident at Tweeten Assisted living until a fall sent her to live at Tweeten Lutheran Healthcare in Dec. of 2010 where she resided until her death. Esther is survived by her two sons Dave (Tamara), a farmer in rural Spring Grove, and Steve an engineer at IBM, living in rural Wykoff, Mn area. Four grandchildren Jason, Joel, Jill (Jim) Britain and Jody Strike, and four great-grandchildren Jenna, Julie and Jacob Britain and Myia Strike. She is also survived by two sisters, Ruth (Charles) Eickhoff and Eleanor Fremond and a brother Lewis (Jeanette) Johnson. Esther was preceded in death by her parents Louise and Julius Johnson, three sisters, Rosella Scrabeck, Lorraine Molde, and Marion Tlougan.