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     Jessie Maxine Stratton was born on 7 May 1923.² She married Wesley Blodgett Harn, son of Ezra Bladgett Harn and Josie Ella Jane Rouse, on 20 March 1939 at New London, Ralls Co., Missouri.¹ Jessie Maxine Stratton died on 22 May 1981 at age 58.¹
      As of 20 March 1939,her married name was Harn.¹ Her Social Security Number was 316-22-3807, issued in Indiana before 1951.²

     Amanda Straw is the daughter of Leslie Elden Straw and Frances Benedetti.¹

     Leslie Elden Straw married Frances Benedetti, daughter of Angelo Benedetti and Betty Harn.¹ Leslie Elden Straw was born on 5 December 1942.² He died in October 1992 at age 49.²
     His Social Security Number was 204-34-5531 issued in Pennsylvania, SSDI lists "L.E. Straw" birth as 05 Dec 1942, death as Oct 1992.

     David Herbert Streeter married Jessie Gertrude Harn, daughter of Calvin Davis Harn and Rachel Ruple (Rupel), on 24 October 1900 at Rice Co., Minnesota.¹
     HARN Family Bible. SOURCE: Marriage records, Rice Co., MN, certificate dated 22Oct1900.

     Donald Streeter was the son of David Herbert Streeter and Jessie Gertrude Harn. Donald Streeter died before 1911.
     The cause of death was died young. Not find Donald in the Birth or Death Records, Rice Co., MN.

     Eva Strohm was born circa 1799.^1,2 She married Perry G. Harn, son of Greenbury Harn and Sarah Grimes, on 16 March 1818.³ Eva Strohm died on 16 May 1868.^4,2
     Her married name was Harn. She appeared on the census of 17 September 1850 at Luzerne Twsp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania; as 51 years old. She appeared on the census of 21 August 1860 at Luzerne Twsp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania; as 61 years old born in Pennsylvania.

     George Stroke married Margaret Bricker, daughter of Joseph Bricker and Barbara Young.

     Ada M. Strole married Andrew H. Ruple, son of Andrew Jackson Ruple and Minerva Ashton, on 28 February 1892.¹
     Her married name was Ruple. SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14.

     David Johnathan Stromire married Nikki Dianne Detwiler, daughter of John Henry Detwiler Jr. and Evelyn Claira Black, on 7 July 1990.¹

     Jon David Stromire is the son of David Johnathan Stromire and Nikki Dianne Detwiler.¹

     Morgan Nicole Stromire is the daughter of David Johnathan Stromire and Nikki Dianne Detwiler.¹ Morgan Nicole Stromire married Joseph Charles Ryder on 26 July 2002.¹

     Whitney Shannon McKenzie Stromire is the daughter of David Johnathan Stromire and Nikki Dianne Detwiler.¹

     Betty Struck married Robert Johnson. Betty Struck married Edward McMacken. Betty Struck is the daughter of William Ismael Struck and Freda Trujillo.

     Bonnie Lynn Struck is the daughter of George William Struck and Georgia Fay Warfel. Bonnie Lynn Struck married Robert Legerski, son of Joseph Legerski and Edith Lucas, on 4 June 1977.

     Daniel David Struck is the son of George William Struck and Georgia Fay Warfel.

     David Dean Struck was born on 2 September 1970 at Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming. He was the son of George William Struck and Georgia Fay Warfel. David Dean Struck died on 3 January 2007 at Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, at age 36. He was buried on 8 January 2007 at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming.
     He was never married.

'He was their angel'

By LAURIE CREASY
Star-Tribune staff writer
David Dean Struck was the most eloquent of teachers, though he never spoke.

"David was totally reliant on other people's care," says Sue Pavelik, a former nursing manager at Southwest Wyoming Rehabilitation Center in Rock Springs, where David lived until his death on Jan. 3. "And yet he taught me more about life than anyone except my own child. In his world, we were the different ones."

He needed patience as others fed, bathed and clothed him. He needed creativity in order to make his needs known.

"He almost walked, but he never talked," his mother, Fay Struck, recalls. "He communicated with his eyes, and you just knew what he was thinking. You wanted to do for him."

If he was happy, Sue said, David would rock back and forth contentedly. If he was uncomfortable, his eyes would get wide or he would squirm.

David was a beautiful young man. "He had the thickest black hair I've ever seen," Sue recalls, likening it to the hair on one of her childhood dolls. "He had big brown eyes and thick, thick, thick black eyebrows. He was George's clone."

Despite his normal birth, the Strucks realized David wasn't like other children. University of Utah doctors diagnosed brain damage -- but could not pinpoint the cause. They could do nothing.

Besides, they told the Strucks, children like David usually died before the age of 3.

"We had him for almost 37 years," Fay says.

The Strucks brought their son home and lavished love on him. They took him everywhere, even on camping trips. "He was such a cuddly little thing," Fay remembers.

He lived with them for 12 years, but it couldn't last.

"He just got too big to lift," Fay says. She and George sent him to the Wyoming State Training School at Lander, where he lived for 19 years. Fay and George visited him there two or three times a month. The school was good for David, she remembers; the staff took him camping and horseback riding, and he made many friends.

Befriending David was easy. Something about him drew people, even strangers. "There was nobody that didn't like him. He had a very contagious smile," Sue recalls, "and when his parents came into the room, he lit up."

As Fay and George aged, the trip became harder on them.

"We started missing him a little too much," Fay says, "so we brought him home. He was still the same sweet little guy." They moved him into the rehabilitation center.

When Sue first met the Strucks, she says, "I thought, 'My God, I'm never going to be able to please these people!' Then I realized they wanted things to be a certain way because they loved him so much. He has an amazing family."

One client at the center made sure he had one of her stuffed animals every day. "She mothered him to death," Sue recalls. Another kissed him on the head every time he passed.

David fell ill often, and sometimes he had to be fed through a tube. Sue recalls reintroducing him to solid food, an applesauce-consistency concoction the staff wasn't sure he would like. He rolled it around in his mouth, tasting and testing. "Then he let out a cry and made this wonderful face," Sue says. "He was so excited -- like a baby bird opening its mouth for a worm."

Time after time, David bounced back from bouts of pneumonia. His caregivers got so used to his resiliency that when he finally succumbed, they were shocked.

At the viewing, one caregiver fell apart. Another -- pregnant at the time -- drove in from Salt Lake City for the viewing, then drove back the same night. "There was a lot of laughter ... and a lot of tears," Sue says of the viewing.

"He did more for everyone than they realized," Fay says, then adds, "He did more for us than we realized."

"I think about him every day," Sue confesses. "He was sent to teach the rest of us."

He was George's best buddy. He was Fay's pride and joy.

Sue sums it up best: "He was their angel."¹

DAVID DEAN STRUCK
ROCK SPRINGS David Dean Struck died Wednesday, Jan 3, 2007, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County of respiratory complications.

He was born Sept. 2, 1970, in Rock Springs. He was one of the first students at the Child Development Center, which he attended for eight years. He was taught by Karen Oldfield for one year. He then moved to the Wyoming State Training School in Lander where he lived for 19 years. He then moved back to Rock Springs and resided at the Southwest Wyoming Rehabilitation Center until the time of his death.

Survivors include his parents, George and Fay Struck of Rock Springs; one brother, Dan Struck of Van Nuys, Calif; three sisters, Bonnie Legerski and husband Bob of Rock Springs, Terri Redman and husband Steve of Layton, Utah, and Susan Nichols and husband Steve of Rock Springs; three nephews, Matt Legerski of Salt Lake City and Philip Trujillo-Nichols and Dan Nichols, both of Rock Springs; one niece, Kristin of Laramie; and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, William and Freda Struck; and his maternal grandparents, George and Mildred Warfel.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, 633 Bridger Ave., Rock Springs. A parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at the Vase Funeral Chapel, 154 Elk St., Rock Springs.

The Rev. Carl Beavers will officiate. Interment will be in the St. Josephs Section of the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday at the Vase Chapel from 6-8 p.m. and again at the chapel on Monday morning until time of funeral services. Pallbearers include Dan Struck, Steve Nichols, Bob Legerski, Matt Legerski, Phillip Nichols, Dan Nichols and Steve Redman. Honorary pallbearers include, George Bullington and Buddy Kaumo.²

     Dewey Struck was born in March 1900 at New Mexico; information from 1900 New Mexico Census. He was the son of George Struck and Juanita Teresa Tafoya.
     Dewey Struck appeared on the census of June 1900 at Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; lists born Mar 1900 in New Mexico, 2-months old.

     George Struck was born circa 1870 at New Mexico; information from 1910 New Mexico Census. He married Juanita Teresa Tafoya on 7 January 1895 at Taos Co., New Mexico; Marriage record listed for Jorge Struck and Juan Teresa Tafoya.^1,2
     George Struck appeared on the census of June 1900 at Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; lists born March Feb 1860, 30 years old and born in New Mexico, married 5 years, day laborer, father born in New York. He appeared on the census of 23 April 1910 at Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; listed as 40 years old, born in New Mexico, married 15 years, laborer in sheep camps.

     George William Struck is the son of William Ismael Struck and Freda Trujillo. George William Struck married Georgia Fay Warfel, daughter of George Stewart Warfel and Mildred Fay Weidman, on 21 April 1956.

     Jane Eva Struck was the daughter of William Ismael Struck and Freda Trujillo.

     Mary Struck was born circa 1896 at New Mexico; information from 1910 New Mexico Census. She was the daughter of George Struck and Juanita Teresa Tafoya.
     Mary Struck appeared on the census of June 1900 at Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; lists born Nov 1895 in New Mexico. She appeared on the census of 23 April 1910 at Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; listed as 14 years old, born in New Mexico.

     Susan Renee Struck is the daughter of George William Struck and Georgia Fay Warfel. Susan Renee Struck married Steven J. Nichols on 4 May 1985.

     Terresa Ann Struck is the daughter of George William Struck and Georgia Fay Warfel. Terresa Ann Struck and Steven Harn Redman were engaged on 25 August 2001 at Chinese Gourmet Restaurant, Roy, Davis Co., Utah. Terresa Ann Struck married Steven Harn Redman, son of Gerald Lewis Harn and Mary Lou McCarthy, on 25 May 2002 at Saints Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church, Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming.

     Viola V. Struck is the daughter of William Ismael Struck and Freda Trujillo. Viola V. Struck married Les Bullington.

     William Ismael Struck was born on 8 August 1904 at Taos, Taos Co., New Mexico.¹ He was the son of George Struck and Juanita Teresa Tafoya.¹ William Ismael Struck married Freda Trujillo, daughter of Louis Trujillo and Edna Alllen, on 25 August 1936 at Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming; >>> What was source of 1936 marriage date? William Ismael Struck was buried at Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming. He died in May 1946 at Wyoming at age 41.¹
     He appeared on the census of 23 April 1910 at Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; Ismael listed as 5 years old, born in New Mexico. His Social Security Number was 520-10-5922 issued in Wyoming. The Social Security Application for Account Number (Forn SS-5) lists William Struck born 08 Aug 1904 i n Taos, Taos Co., NM and died May 1946. Parents listed as George and Jennie T. Struck. The SS-5 form was signed on 01 Dec 1936, color listed as Mexican.¹ He was employed in December 1936 at Standard Oil Co., Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming.¹ He lived in December 1936 at 729 N. Kimball St., Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming.¹ He lived in 1937 at 729 N Kimball, Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming; Polk's Casper City Directory for 1937 lists William and Freda Struck. He lived in 1939 at 937 N Center, Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming; Polk's Casper City Directory for 1939 lists William and Freda Struck. He lived in 1941 at 708 N Kimball, Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming; Polk's Casper City Directory for 1941 lists William and Freda Struck.

     Susannah Stull married Ephraim Rupel, son of John Rupel and Mary Peck, circa April 1847 at Saint Joseph Co., Indiana.¹
     Her married name was Rupel. Ruple Family in America, 1988, by Jack D. Ruple Sr., pg 148. SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14.

     Angela Stumpf is the daughter of Richard A. Stumpf and Patricia Bayerl.

     Barbara Ann Stumpf is the daughter of Jerome John Stumpf and Beverly Elaine Squires. Barbara Ann Stumpf married Ronald Joseph Watercott on 27 May 1978 at Morrison Co., Minnesota.^1,2

     Carol Mary Stumpf is the daughter of Jerome John Stumpf and Beverly Elaine Squires. Carol Mary Stumpf married Steven G. Archer on 10 May 1980 at Morrison Co., Minnesota.^1,2

     Ferd Stumpf married Alma Dehler.
     SOURCE: Stella Squires letter May 1991.