Frieda Stroh

Frieda Stroh, 90, Jamestown, North Dakota, died Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Eventide at Hi-Acres Manor in Jamestown.

Frieda Rohrbach was born November 24, 1919 in Streeter, North Dakota, the daughter of Johan and Katherine (Hauck) Rohrbach. She attended school in rural Ashley, ND. Frieda married Jacob Lippert on October 3, 1937. They farmed in the Ashley area until moving to a farm near Jamestown in 1949. They later farmed south of Windsor before moving to Jamestown. She worked as the manager of the Central Hotel, what is now the post office. She also managed the Annex Hotel and worked in housekeeping at Bethel Four Acres and Central Dakota Village and the Jamestown Public School system. Her husband, Jacob, died in 1977. She married Adolph Stroh on November 6, 1983 in Jamestown and he died in January 2000.

Frieda was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Jamestown. She enjoyed music and played several instruments by ear. She loved crocheting and making Christmas gifts for all her family.

Frieda is survived by one son, Gerald (Marjorie) Lippert; two daughters, Margie (Arnold) Schrenk and Mavis Moser, all of Jamestown; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; and one sister, Edna (Adam) Shilling, Ashley, ND.

She was preceded in death by her husbands; parents; one son, Jerome, in infancy; one great-grandchild; three brothers, John, Daniel and Eprem; and five sisters, Elsie, Katherine, Olga, Lorentina and Ida.