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STRAND, SHELDON A. Liberty Twp. - Sheldon Allen Strand, 85, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Visitation will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Monroe, Ohio, between 4-7 pm on Sunday, Feb. 18. A short visitation between 9-10 am will be followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am on Monday at the church. Burial at Spring Hill Cemetery and a luncheon at the church will follow. Donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Sheldon is survived by his wife of 53 years, Gabrielle, and his five children, Rebecca Johnson and her husband Steven of Wyoming, OH; Eric Strand ’87 and his wife Marya of St. Louis, MO; Chris Strand ’89 and his wife Amy of Grand Rapids, MI; Rachel Obringer and her husband Corey of Wyoming, OH; and Emily Strand and her husband Matt Cooper of Columbus, OH; his eleven grandchildren: Nathaniel and Madeleine Johnson; Nicholas, Luke, Jacob and Benjamin Strand; Margaret and Abigail Strand; Katherine and Benjamin Obringer; and Jude Cooper; and his many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Hjalmer and Myrtle Sandberg Strand and his six brothers and sisters. Published in The Cincinnati Enquirer on Feb. 16, 2018.
