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1863 - 2004



Stromberg, Helen Margaret Peterson Sellers

Helen Margaret Stromberg, 82, of Marion, died Dec. 9, 2003.

Helen Margaret Peterson, the daughter of Eli J. and Lydia J. Hett Peterson, was born on Nov., 1921, southwest of Florence. She attended the Fairplay School.

Helen and August Sellers were married on Aug. 22, 1936. They managed a farm near her parents southwest of Florence. He died Aug. 15, 1961. On Nov. 18, 1967, she married Benard M. Stromberg. Together, Benard and Helen farmed and operated the Stromberg Dairy.

She was an active and devoted church member. She was a member of the CWT for many years.

Helen and Benard were instrumental in the organization and founding of the Florentine Senior Center in 1978.

She is survived by one son, Robert Lee; one daughter, Margaret Louise; nine grandchildren; and great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Betty Ann Phillips; three sisters, Elizabeth Peterson, Caroline Bloomer and Edna May Angle; and four brothers, Ivan, Ralph, Melvin and Willard.

The funeral service was Dec. 13, 2003, at the Florence Christian Church, Florence. The Rev. Harold Brown and Rev. Marilyn Cox officiated. Interment was in Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence. Memorials may be sent to the Florence Christian Church.

Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas,. Dec 18, 2003



Chase County Death Notices and Obituaries,
compiled and abstracted from the Chase County Courant and Chase County Leader Newspapers
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