*Note: the newspaper obituary had “Selma”, but the tombstone has “Zelma”

Zelma* Strode died at age of 94

Services for 94 year old Zelma F. Strode were held on Friday, August 31, 1984 at 3 p.m. in the Campbell Funeral Home in Blair. Mrs. Strode died on August 30th, 1984 at the Good Shepherd Home in Blair.

Zelma F. Shinn was born at Winside, Nebraska on September 13, 1889. She was married to the late Wm. Strode who was a long time printer in Blair. A brother, Cliff Shinn of Fort Dodge, Iowa, survives along with nephews and nieces Mrs. Patty Peak of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Dick Clark of Manilla, Iowa.

Mrs. Strode was preceded in death by her husband Wm., plus three sisters.

Pallbearers were: John Lutz, Dick Clark and Don Zahrobsky. Burial was in the Blair Cemetery.

~~~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska library.~~~~

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