Marian Maxine Friman

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The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) 29 Sep 1976, Wed Page 12
:Mr and Mrs Robert Jorgensen of Loomis announce the engagement of their daughter Danette Kay to Bradley Steven Straw son of Mrs Marian Straw of Mithcell and Dwayne Straw of Beresford.The couple are graduates of Mitchell Senior HS. Miss Jorgesen is employed at Commericial Bank and her fiance works for Plainsco. a March 19 wedding is planned."

THE DAILY REPUBLIC [obit]
B.Friday, April 17, 1931 D.Monday, December 7, 2015
Marian Straw, 84, of Mitchell died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Browns Valley Health Center in Browns Valley, MN. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell. Visitation will be Friday from 5-7:00 PM at the Bittner Funeral Chapel.
Marian Maxine Straw was born on April 17th 1931 in Hurley, SD to Eldo and Gladys (Benson) Friman. She graduated from Hurley High School in May of 1949. Marian attended the South Dakota Beauty Academy in Sioux Falls and graduated in March of 1950. She then moved to Mitchell, SD as a beautician. On January 17th, 1954 she married Dwayne Straw and she spent her time raising her seven kids. She divorced in 1967, and then in 1974 returned to work at a nursing home as a beautician and nurse's aide.
Marian had a passion for collecting dogs and had over 700. She truly enjoyed being with her family, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She even "adopted" her second family, the Phillips. Marian's hobbies were going to garage sales, playing cards, games, and lunchtime gatherings with her friends at Meadowlawn apartments. She enjoyed baking and was known for her infamous sugar cookies.
She is survived by her children, Clint (Annie) Straw, Highland, TX, Brad (Nancy) Straw, Roseburg, OR, Brenda (Dave) Pederson, Browns Valley, MN, Kelly (Melody) Straw, Letcher, SD, Linda Neugebauer, Mitchell, SD, daughter-in-law, Julie Straw, Wheaton, MN; 15 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and her sisters, Edith (Donald) Moe, Letcher, SD, Doris Cordell, Huron, SD, Audrey (George) Sample, Margarete Adel, Flandreau, SD, Eleanor Bjerkhaas, Yankton, SD, Genette Rusk, Flandreau, SD, Carolyn McMahon, Flandreau, SD, and friend, Vicki Phillips, Mitchell, SD.
She was preceded in death by her two sons, Rolland Straw and Spencer Straw, siblings, Gene Friman, Kenneth Friman, Dorothy Hanson, Geraldine Lechner, Vivian Friman, Francis Gossel, Richard Friman, granddaughter, Codi Meier, great grandson, Benjamin Bock, and good friend, Norma "Nene" Phillips.

Marian married Dwayne C. Straw, son of Clinton Straw and Katherine Jones, on 17 Jan 1954 in South Dakota. The marriage ended in divorce in 1967. (Dwayne C. Straw was born on 11 Nov 1931 in Plankinton, Aurora County, South Dakota, died on 18 Sep 1984 in Beresford, Union County, South Dakota and was buried in Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Beresford, Union County, South Dakota.)

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