Robert Andrew Strong
Robert Andrew Strong, 67,
of Redby , MN died Sunday, March
11, 2007 at the North Country Regional Hospital
in Bemidji .
Funeral Services will be
11:00 am, Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the St. Mary’s Mission Catholic Church in
Red Lake , MN with
Father Pat Sullivan officiating. A wake will begin at 4:00pm,
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at the Redby Community
Center in Redby , MN , and
continue until the time of the service. Interment will be at the St. Mary’s Mission Catholic
Cemetery in Red Lake ,
MN under the direction of the
Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji.
He was born on July 27,
1939 in Red Lake , MN the son
of John and Josephine (Jourdain)
Strong. He was raised and educated in Red Lake . He enjoyed doing beadwork, attending pow-wows, reading his Bible
nightly, visiting nieces and nephews, and taking care of his family.
He is survived by:
Brothers, Eugene “Jiggy” Strong of Redby, MN; Fabian “Bunky” Strong of Redby; Sisters, Viola Cournoyer of Redby, Bernice Jourdain of Longmont ,
Colorado .
He was preceded in death
by his parents, and great-nephew Brian Cournoyer.
Active Casketbearers
will be his nephews: John Cournoyer,
Darrell Cournoyer, David Cournoyer, Roger Strong, Ron Cournoyer, and Clint Donnell.
Honorary Casketbearers
will be: Pat Brown, Herman Donnell, Justin Donnell, Michael Roy, Clint Donnell
Jr., David Cournoyer
Jr., Douglas Colhoff
Jr., Shiloh Williams, Jesse Cournoyer, Robbie Cournoyer, Jeremy Cournoyer,
Rodney Cournoyer,
Clarence “Bunny” Brown, “Mully” Brown, Sandy Brown, Charlene
Brown, Kathleen Strong, Amy Desjarlait, Timi White, Tyler Cournoyer,
Annette Brown, Jerome Strong, Fabian Strong Jr., and all the staff and
residents of the Jourdain-Perpich
Extended Care Facility.
