Laverne Srur

Laverne Embrose Srur, 88, died of natural causes at her daughter's home in Whitefish on July 22, 2006.

She was born June 13, 1918, in Hibbing, Minn., the only child of Emery and Alvina Broten. She was raised in Rugby, N.D., and attended the Devil's Lake School for the Deaf and graduated in about 1936. She then met and married James Srur in Rugby and they were married for more than 50 years.

She enjoyed sewing, arts and crafts, traveling and her grand and great grandchildren. She was a member of the Deaf Club in Grand Forks, N.D. and had belonged to a Lutheran church for most of her life.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband James, in 1989.

Survivors include her daughter Linda Gregoire, in Whitefish; her son Jerry Srur, in Nucla, Colo.; five grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and by many other family members and friends.

Funeral services will take place Friday, July 28, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish, with Rev. John Bent officiating. Burial will follow July 31, 2006, at Grand Forks Memorial Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., under the direction of the Amandson Funeral Home.