Together again
SALEM Matilda “Tillie” Stratton passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at the age of 92. She was born March 4, 1928 to John and Mary (Pauline) Krizay in Niles, Ohio.
She graduated from Goshen High School and was employed at Electric Furnace for over 30 years where she made many lasting friendships. She had a very gentle nature and a smile for everyone.
Her husband, William Blaine Stratton, whom she married November 23, 1946, died February 3, 1995.
Tillie valued family first, she raised seven children and had an expansive family of 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She grew up and later retired in the farmhouse that her father built and was proud to celebrate her parents’ Slovenian roots. Tillie was president of Slovenian Lodge 476 in Salem that was chartered by her grandparents, a 70-year member of the SNPJ, and could often be heard humming along to her favorite polkas.
Together again
SALEM Matilda “Tillie” Stratton passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at the age of 92. She was born March 4, 1928 to John and Mary (Pauline) Krizay in Niles, Ohio.
She graduated from Goshen High School and was employed at Electric Furnace for over 30 years where she made many lasting friendships. She had a very gentle nature and a smile for everyone.
Her husband, William Blaine Stratton, whom she married November 23, 1946, died February 3, 1995.
Tillie valued family first, she raised seven children and had an expansive family of 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She grew up and later retired in the farmhouse that her father built and was proud to celebrate her parents’ Slovenian roots. Tillie was president of Slovenian Lodge 476 in Salem that was chartered by her grandparents, a 70-year member of the SNPJ, and could often be heard humming along to her favorite polkas.
april 28th, 2011. good evening, i m cynthia mcfadden. here in london where it is 7:35 in the morning. in just a few hours, prince william the future king of england will enter westminster abbey behind me here and merrit woman who he has asked to be his queen, catherine middleton. it is the same place where his mother s funeral was held 14 years ago. last night when the prince and expectedly greeted well-wishers packing the parade route it was so like his mother, princess diana. it was indeed poignant. as is always the case of course when a parent is missing at the wedding of the child. before we turn to the celebration about to take place here in london, we turn to the tragic story unfolding tonight across a great swath of america, as thousands there are in mourning tonight for loved ones lost in the terrible tornados that have brought unimaginable destruction. over so much of the south. abc s jim avila is there in concord, alabama. reporter: a record-breaking 173 tornado
april 28th, 2011. good evening, i m cynthia mcfadden. here in london where it is 7:35 in the morning. in just a few hours, prince william the future king of england will enter westminster abbey behind me here and merrit woman who he has asked to be his queen, catherine middleton. it is the same place where his mother s funeral was held 14 years ago. last night when the prince and expectedly greeted well-wishers packing the parade route it was so like his mother, princess diana. it was indeed poignant. as is always the case of course when a parent is missing at the wedding of the child. before we turn to the celebration about to take place here in london, we turn to the tragic story unfolding tonight across a great swath of america, as thousands there are in mourning tonight for loved ones lost in the terrible tornados that have brought unimaginable destruction. over so much of the south. abc s jim avila is there in concord, alabama. reporter: a record-breaking 173 tornado
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