Ebba K. Sihlberg, 91 Inver Grove Heights - Ebba K. Sihlberg, 91, formerly of Strandquist, died on Saturday, June 5, 2004 at the Woodland Heights Healthcare Center in Inver Grove Heights. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Strandquist, with Pastor Curt Matz officiating. Casket bearers included Tom Klaren, Robert Shanley, Tracy Tunheim, Megan Donaldson, Nicole Shanley, Ryan Shanley, Cory Tunheim, Jared Tunheim and Michael Klaren. Ebba Katherine Sihlberg, the daughter of Victor and Katherine (Isaacson) Erickson was born October 14, 1912, in Strandquist. She attended school and grew to womanhood in the Strandquist and Newfolden communities and graduated from Newfolden High School in 1930. Ebba was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On December 7, 1934, she was united in marriage to Earl Sihlberg in Thief River Falls. Following their marriage, the couple farmed in West Valley Township of Marshall Co. near Strandquist. Ebba was a long-time member of the Bethesda Lutheran Church of Strandquist. Earl died on April 7, 1993 and Ebba moved to South St. Paul where she made her home for 10 years, prior to living with her son and daughter-in-law Boyd and Virginia in Danbury, Wis. for one year. She had resided for the past several weeks at the Woodland Heights Healthcare Center in Inver Grove Heights. Survivors include one son, Boyd (Virginia) of Danbury, Wis.; three granddaughters; two great-granddaughters; four great-grandsons; one sister-in-law, Viola Erickson of Long View, Wash.; in addition to several nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. Ebba was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, nine brothers and one sister. A00003B2004JN16

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