Shirley Rose Strand, 86, formerly of Linton, ND, passed away on January 2, 2019, at the Strasburg Care Center, in Strasburg, ND.

Visitation will be held on Monday, January 7, 2019, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Myers Funeral Home, in Linton, ND. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 11:00 am, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in Hazelton, ND. Burial will take place at 3:00 pm on Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, ND.

Shirley Rose Strand was born to Edward and Emilia (Pfeifle) Kosel, at their farm home southeast of Ellendale, ND, on September 23, 1932. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Ellendale. She attended country grade school until the 8th grade. She worked at F.W. Woolworth as a baker, in Bismarck, ND, for many years.

On March 15, 1959, she married Edward Strand in Ellendale, ND. Following their marriage, they lived and farmed NE of Temvik, ND. They had two sons, Randall (Randy) and David. Shirley and Edward retired to Linton in 2002.

Shirley was a kind and giving person. She enjoyed gardening and loved sharing her baked goods and her fruits and vegetables from the garden with family and friends.  She also had a strong love of farm animals.  Whether it was her cows, labs or cats, she always enjoyed her time with them.  Her calm and gentle spirit was sure to make an impression when visiting with her. Most of all, Shirley loved reading God's word and spending time with her family, friends, and neighbors.

Shirley is survived by her two sons, David and Randy, both of Fargo, ND; siblings, Evelyn (Iver) Oster, Enumclaw, WA, Don (Claudette) Kosel, Ashley, ND, Ron (Maxine) Kosel, Ellendale, and Carol Kosel, Ellendale; sisters-in-law, Kathy Kosel, Ellendale, and Bernice Gullickson, Cannon Ball, ND; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward; her parents; her mother and father-in-law; sisters, Debra Kosel, Bernice and her husband Norman Kruckenberg; brothers, Howard Kosel, Kenneth and his wife Betty Kosel; nephews, Kent and Kurt Kruckenberg; brother-in-law, Aaron Gullickson; and great-nieces, Robin and Amanda Connolly.