Anchorage Daily News November 13, 1995
Pioneer Alaskan and 75-year resident of Anchorage Aline Strutz, 96, died peacefully at Golden Years in Anchorage. A visitation was held at Evergreen Memorial Chapels. A service was at the Anchorage Christian Center, 639 W. International Airport Road, with the Rev. Dick Strutz officiating.
Mrs. Strutz was born July 16, 1899, on a ranch near Nimrod, Mont. She attended a one-room school through eighth grade, and then moved to Missoula for high school and business college. While working as a stenographer at Parkwater, Wash., she met the love of her life and future husband, Louis Strutz. When the Army transferred Mr. Strutz to Anchorage, his bride-to-be followed shortly thereafter. They were married April 12, 1920, in the First Presbyterian Church in Anchorage. According to her family, she moved into her home in 1924 and has the distinction of living in the same house longer than anyone else in Anchorage. For the next 71 years, Mrs. Strutz lived in the only home she knew in Anchorage, the ''Strutz home'' at Ninth Avenue and P Sreet. Throughout her life she remained active in the Anchorage Garden Club; was a Life Member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs; Life Member and Past President of the American Legion Auxiliary; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4; Alaska Crippled Children's Association; and Auxiliary of Veterans of WWI, USA. She and her husband were also founding members of the Cook Inlet Historical Society. According to her family, Mrs. Strutz was well known in gardening circles for her yard, garden, greenhouse, large vegetables, and the cultivation of various berries. Her yard was featured for many years on the local home and garden tours. As an amateur botanist, she was considered an authority on Alaska wild flowers by professionals in many parts of the world, and she regularly corresponded and traded seeds with her fellow botanists in Canada, South America, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Africa, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, England, and Scotland. She also traveled extensively into remote regions of Alaska to collect and photograph new flowers. She wrote several articles for gardening journals, and many of her pictures of Alaska wild flowers were printed in ''Alaska-Yukon Wild Flower Guide'' and ''Alaska Wildberry Guide and Cookbook.'' Mrs. Strutz identified a previously unknown Alaskan Sage which was named for her, the ''Artemisia Campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H. & G. strutzea Welsh.'' She had many other hobbies in addition to botany, which included preserving her vegetables and fruits to share with friends and family, judging flower shows, salmon fishing across Cook Inlet in a small boat with her children and grandchildren, bowling and dancing, leaving the winemaking to her husband. She continued many of her hobbies into her late '80s. Her family will remember her standard of devotion to those she brought into this world and those that followed after; of loyalty to her spouse even beyond death; of courage in the face of life's most awful turns; and patience in the face of years. She charged through life with energy, perseverance, and optimism. She was quintessentially Alaskan, feisty, tough and spirited. Her eyes and face were constantly in motion, an animated picture of laughter and love. She was fiercely independent and, until recently, lived alone, and provided for all of her own needs. Her family said, ''She lived her life as a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother who taught her family solid values: honesty, faith in God, acceptance of responsibility, and the importance of hard work. We remember the joy it was to know the fine woman, the joy it was to witness the stories she told, the smiles she shared, and the inspiration she gave to others. Against any standard, she is the greatest woman any of us will ever know.''
Mrs. Strutz is survived by an extensive family, including six children, Clella Fowler of Dallas, JoAnn Nattress of Edgewater, Fla., Gayle Ryan of Oroville, Calif., Ermalee Hickel of Anchorage, Lloyd Strutz of Homer and Richard Strutz of Anchorage. Also surviving Mrs. Strutz are 26 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Louis, preceded her in death in 1977. The family suggests that memorial donations in Mrs. Strutz's name may be sent to the Anchorage Garden Club or to the Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4, P.O. Box 101547, Anchorage 99510.
Pioneer Alaskan and 75-year resident of Anchorage Aline Strutz, 96, died peacefully at Golden Years in Anchorage. A visitation was held at Evergreen Memorial Chapels. A service was at the Anchorage Christian Center, 639 W. International Airport Road, with the Rev. Dick Strutz officiating.
Mrs. Strutz was born July 16, 1899, on a ranch near Nimrod, Mont. She attended a one-room school through eighth grade, and then moved to Missoula for high school and business college. While working as a stenographer at Parkwater, Wash., she met the love of her life and future husband, Louis Strutz. When the Army transferred Mr. Strutz to Anchorage, his bride-to-be followed shortly thereafter. They were married April 12, 1920, in the First Presbyterian Church in Anchorage. According to her family, she moved into her home in 1924 and has the distinction of living in the same house longer than anyone else in Anchorage. For the next 71 years, Mrs. Strutz lived in the only home she knew in Anchorage, the ''Strutz home'' at Ninth Avenue and P Sreet. Throughout her life she remained active in the Anchorage Garden Club; was a Life Member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs; Life Member and Past President of the American Legion Auxiliary; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4; Alaska Crippled Children's Association; and Auxiliary of Veterans of WWI, USA. She and her husband were also founding members of the Cook Inlet Historical Society. According to her family, Mrs. Strutz was well known in gardening circles for her yard, garden, greenhouse, large vegetables, and the cultivation of various berries. Her yard was featured for many years on the local home and garden tours. As an amateur botanist, she was considered an authority on Alaska wild flowers by professionals in many parts of the world, and she regularly corresponded and traded seeds with her fellow botanists in Canada, South America, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Africa, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, England, and Scotland. She also traveled extensively into remote regions of Alaska to collect and photograph new flowers. She wrote several articles for gardening journals, and many of her pictures of Alaska wild flowers were printed in ''Alaska-Yukon Wild Flower Guide'' and ''Alaska Wildberry Guide and Cookbook.'' Mrs. Strutz identified a previously unknown Alaskan Sage which was named for her, the ''Artemisia Campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H. & G. strutzea Welsh.'' She had many other hobbies in addition to botany, which included preserving her vegetables and fruits to share with friends and family, judging flower shows, salmon fishing across Cook Inlet in a small boat with her children and grandchildren, bowling and dancing, leaving the winemaking to her husband. She continued many of her hobbies into her late '80s. Her family will remember her standard of devotion to those she brought into this world and those that followed after; of loyalty to her spouse even beyond death; of courage in the face of life's most awful turns; and patience in the face of years. She charged through life with energy, perseverance, and optimism. She was quintessentially Alaskan, feisty, tough and spirited. Her eyes and face were constantly in motion, an animated picture of laughter and love. She was fiercely independent and, until recently, lived alone, and provided for all of her own needs. Her family said, ''She lived her life as a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother who taught her family solid values: honesty, faith in God, acceptance of responsibility, and the importance of hard work. We remember the joy it was to know the fine woman, the joy it was to witness the stories she told, the smiles she shared, and the inspiration she gave to others. Against any standard, she is the greatest woman any of us will ever know.''
Mrs. Strutz is survived by an extensive family, including six children, Clella Fowler of Dallas, JoAnn Nattress of Edgewater, Fla., Gayle Ryan of Oroville, Calif., Ermalee Hickel of Anchorage, Lloyd Strutz of Homer and Richard Strutz of Anchorage. Also surviving Mrs. Strutz are 26 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Louis, preceded her in death in 1977. The family suggests that memorial donations in Mrs. Strutz's name may be sent to the Anchorage Garden Club or to the Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4, P.O. Box 101547, Anchorage 99510.
Anchorage Daily News November 13, 1995
Pioneer Alaskan and 75-year resident of Anchorage Aline Strutz, 96, died peacefully at Golden Years in Anchorage. A visitation was held at Evergreen Memorial Chapels. A service was at the Anchorage Christian Center, 639 W. International Airport Road, with the Rev. Dick Strutz officiating.
Mrs. Strutz was born July 16, 1899, on a ranch near Nimrod, Mont. She attended a one-room school through eighth grade, and then moved to Missoula for high school and business college. While working as a stenographer at Parkwater, Wash., she met the love of her life and future husband, Louis Strutz. When the Army transferred Mr. Strutz to Anchorage, his bride-to-be followed shortly thereafter. They were married April 12, 1920, in the First Presbyterian Church in Anchorage. According to her family, she moved into her home in 1924 and has the distinction of living in the same house longer than anyone else in Anchorage. For the next 71 years, Mrs. Strutz lived in the only home she knew in Anchorage, the ''Strutz home'' at Ninth Avenue and P Sreet. Throughout her life she remained active in the Anchorage Garden Club; was a Life Member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs; Life Member and Past President of the American Legion Auxiliary; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4; Alaska Crippled Children's Association; and Auxiliary of Veterans of WWI, USA. She and her husband were also founding members of the Cook Inlet Historical Society. According to her family, Mrs. Strutz was well known in gardening circles for her yard, garden, greenhouse, large vegetables, and the cultivation of various berries. Her yard was featured for many years on the local home and garden tours. As an amateur botanist, she was considered an authority on Alaska wild flowers by professionals in many parts of the world, and she regularly corresponded and traded seeds with her fellow botanists in Canada, South America, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Africa, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, England, and Scotland. She also traveled extensively into remote regions of Alaska to collect and photograph new flowers. She wrote several articles for gardening journals, and many of her pictures of Alaska wild flowers were printed in ''Alaska-Yukon Wild Flower Guide'' and ''Alaska Wildberry Guide and Cookbook.'' Mrs. Strutz identified a previously unknown Alaskan Sage which was named for her, the ''Artemisia Campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H. & G. strutzea Welsh.'' She had many other hobbies in addition to botany, which included preserving her vegetables and fruits to share with friends and family, judging flower shows, salmon fishing across Cook Inlet in a small boat with her children and grandchildren, bowling and dancing, leaving the winemaking to her husband. She continued many of her hobbies into her late '80s. Her family will remember her standard of devotion to those she brought into this world and those that followed after; of loyalty to her spouse even beyond death; of courage in the face of life's most awful turns; and patience in the face of years. She charged through life with energy, perseverance, and optimism. She was quintessentially Alaskan, feisty, tough and spirited. Her eyes and face were constantly in motion, an animated picture of laughter and love. She was fiercely independent and, until recently, lived alone, and provided for all of her own needs. Her family said, ''She lived her life as a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother who taught her family solid values: honesty, faith in God, acceptance of responsibility, and the importance of hard work. We remember the joy it was to know the fine woman, the joy it was to witness the stories she told, the smiles she shared, and the inspiration she gave to others. Against any standard, she is the greatest woman any of us will ever know.''
Mrs. Strutz is survived by an extensive family, including six children, Clella Fowler of Dallas, JoAnn Nattress of Edgewater, Fla., Gayle Ryan of Oroville, Calif., Ermalee Hickel of Anchorage, Lloyd Strutz of Homer and Richard Strutz of Anchorage. Also surviving Mrs. Strutz are 26 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Louis, preceded her in death in 1977. The family suggests that memorial donations in Mrs. Strutz's name may be sent to the Anchorage Garden Club or to the Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4, P.O. Box 101547, Anchorage 99510.
Pioneer Alaskan and 75-year resident of Anchorage Aline Strutz, 96, died peacefully at Golden Years in Anchorage. A visitation was held at Evergreen Memorial Chapels. A service was at the Anchorage Christian Center, 639 W. International Airport Road, with the Rev. Dick Strutz officiating.
Mrs. Strutz was born July 16, 1899, on a ranch near Nimrod, Mont. She attended a one-room school through eighth grade, and then moved to Missoula for high school and business college. While working as a stenographer at Parkwater, Wash., she met the love of her life and future husband, Louis Strutz. When the Army transferred Mr. Strutz to Anchorage, his bride-to-be followed shortly thereafter. They were married April 12, 1920, in the First Presbyterian Church in Anchorage. According to her family, she moved into her home in 1924 and has the distinction of living in the same house longer than anyone else in Anchorage. For the next 71 years, Mrs. Strutz lived in the only home she knew in Anchorage, the ''Strutz home'' at Ninth Avenue and P Sreet. Throughout her life she remained active in the Anchorage Garden Club; was a Life Member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs; Life Member and Past President of the American Legion Auxiliary; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4; Alaska Crippled Children's Association; and Auxiliary of Veterans of WWI, USA. She and her husband were also founding members of the Cook Inlet Historical Society. According to her family, Mrs. Strutz was well known in gardening circles for her yard, garden, greenhouse, large vegetables, and the cultivation of various berries. Her yard was featured for many years on the local home and garden tours. As an amateur botanist, she was considered an authority on Alaska wild flowers by professionals in many parts of the world, and she regularly corresponded and traded seeds with her fellow botanists in Canada, South America, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Africa, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, England, and Scotland. She also traveled extensively into remote regions of Alaska to collect and photograph new flowers. She wrote several articles for gardening journals, and many of her pictures of Alaska wild flowers were printed in ''Alaska-Yukon Wild Flower Guide'' and ''Alaska Wildberry Guide and Cookbook.'' Mrs. Strutz identified a previously unknown Alaskan Sage which was named for her, the ''Artemisia Campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H. & G. strutzea Welsh.'' She had many other hobbies in addition to botany, which included preserving her vegetables and fruits to share with friends and family, judging flower shows, salmon fishing across Cook Inlet in a small boat with her children and grandchildren, bowling and dancing, leaving the winemaking to her husband. She continued many of her hobbies into her late '80s. Her family will remember her standard of devotion to those she brought into this world and those that followed after; of loyalty to her spouse even beyond death; of courage in the face of life's most awful turns; and patience in the face of years. She charged through life with energy, perseverance, and optimism. She was quintessentially Alaskan, feisty, tough and spirited. Her eyes and face were constantly in motion, an animated picture of laughter and love. She was fiercely independent and, until recently, lived alone, and provided for all of her own needs. Her family said, ''She lived her life as a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother who taught her family solid values: honesty, faith in God, acceptance of responsibility, and the importance of hard work. We remember the joy it was to know the fine woman, the joy it was to witness the stories she told, the smiles she shared, and the inspiration she gave to others. Against any standard, she is the greatest woman any of us will ever know.''
Mrs. Strutz is survived by an extensive family, including six children, Clella Fowler of Dallas, JoAnn Nattress of Edgewater, Fla., Gayle Ryan of Oroville, Calif., Ermalee Hickel of Anchorage, Lloyd Strutz of Homer and Richard Strutz of Anchorage. Also surviving Mrs. Strutz are 26 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Louis, preceded her in death in 1977. The family suggests that memorial donations in Mrs. Strutz's name may be sent to the Anchorage Garden Club or to the Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary #4, P.O. Box 101547, Anchorage 99510.
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