Obituary of Arlene E. Strand

STRAND, ARLENE E. AGE 81, OF MPLS, PASSED AWAY ON AUG. 3, 2018 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, GEORGE AND ARMELLA NATHE AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, MELVIN BESTE. ARLENE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1936 NEAR NEW MUNICH, MN. SHE GREW UP IN ALBANY, MN. AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SHE MOVED TO MPLS. AND WORKED AT PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY. IN 1961 SHE MARRIED DAVID STRAND AND THEY SETTLED IN SOUTHWEST MPLS. HER WARM AND GENTLE NATURE TOUCHED EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. ARLENE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF 56 YEARS, DAVID; SON TAVIS (SUSAN). SISTERS; GERALDINE (TONY) LENNEMAN, VIRGINIA BESTE, SUSAN (MARK) FUCHS, BROTHERS; FLORIAN AND KENNETH (LUCY) NATHE; AND SISTER-IN-LAW, VIRGINIA WILSON.THANK YOU TO MT. OLIVET CAREVIEW HOME FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF ARLENE OVER THESE LAST 12 YEARS AND PROVIDING MUCH LOVE AND SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018 AT 2PM AT MT OLIVET CAREVIEW HOME CHAPEL (5517 LYNDALE AVE. MPLS). INTERMENT AT SEVEN DOLORS CEMETERY IN ALBANY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE IN HER NAME TO MT OLIVET CAREVIEW HOME.