Robert Andrew Strong, 67, of Redby, died on Sunday, March 11, 2007, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the St. Mary's Mission Catholic Church in Red Lake with Rev. Pat Sullivan officiating. A wake will begin at 4 p.m. on Thursday at the Redby Community Center in Redby and continue until the time of the service on Saturday. Burial will be in St. Mary's Mission Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji assisted the family with arrangements.
Honorary pallbearers will be Pat Brown, Herman Donnell, Justin Donnell, Michael Roy, Clint Donnell Jr., David Cournoyer Jr., Douglas Colhoff Jr., Shiloh Williams, Jesse Cournoyer, Robbie Cournoyer, Jeremy Cournoyer and all the staff and residents of the Jourdain-Perpich Extended Care Facility.
Pallbearers will be his nephews, John Cournoyer, Darrell Cournoyer, David Cournoyer, Roger Strong, Ron Cournoyer and Clint Donnell.
He was born on July 27, 1939, to John and Josephine (Jourdain) Strong, in Red Lake. He was raised and educated in Red Lake.
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He enjoyed doing beadwork, attending powwows, reading his Bible nightly, visiting nieces and nephews and taking care of his family.
He is survived by his brothers, Eugene "Jiggy" Strong of Redby and Fabian "Bunky" Strong of Redby; and sisters, Viola Cournoyer of Redby and Bernice Jourdain of Longmont, Colo.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a great-nephew.
