Keevin Blake Stroh Ashley, North Dakota Obituary

Keevin Blake Stroh

<p>Venturia, ND-Funeral Service for Keevin Blake Stroh, 62, of Venturia will be 11:00 am, Thursday, June 10, 2021, at Ashley Baptist Church in Ashley, ND. Rev. Randall Cloud and Rev. David Irwin will officiate. The service will be live streamed and available at www.Carlsenfh.com under Keevin&rsquo;s obituary.</p> <p>Private Burial will be in Kulm Congregational Cemetery, Kulm, ND.</p> <p>Closed casket visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church. Keevin died Wednesday, June 2, 2021, of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near his home.</p> <p>Keevin, the son of Wilbert Stroh and Esther (Rutschke) Stroh was born September 1, 1958, in Ashley, North Dakota. He attended grade school in Venturia, graduated from Ashley High School in 1976, and was a 1980 graduate of UND with a B.S. in Business Administration.</p> <p>After college he spent a winter in Lodi, CA with relatives, and then moved back to Ashley to continue to farm with his dad and raise cattle. In 1981 he started as a Rural Carrier Associate (sub) at the Ashley Post Office. In 1992, Keevin was promoted to a career position with the USPS as a Rural Letter Carrier for RR 1, which extends east of Ashley and covers most of the city. He really enjoyed his mail route and was still delivering mail six days a week at the time of his death.</p> <p>In 1997 he married Sherry Nill in Fargo, ND. They built a new home on the farmstead at Venturia in 2001. Keevin loved hunting, especially grouse and pheasants, and looked forward to his friends coming down to hunt with him. He also enjoyed fishing, making three trips to Gold Beach, OR and in March of this year, caught a Mahi Mahi in Kona, HI. He was a genius with facts and was good at crossword puzzles and playing trivia over the radio. He was a great card player and enjoyed pinochle and backgammon. Keevin was a member of the Ashley Baptist Church, where he served as a trustee, usher, and camera man. He loved watching reruns of the Andy Griffith Show, Leave it to Beaver, Green Acres, and Hogan&rsquo;s Heroes on TV.</p> <p>Grateful to have shared in his life is his wife Sherry of 24 years, step-daughters: Summer (Charles) Tweet, Mandan, ND; Sky (Jared) Nitschke, Jud, ND; Shannon (Landon) Krueger, Fredonia, ND; Kacy (Travis) Vetter, Wishek, ND. He is also survived by 11 step-grandchildren: Autumn and Abe Tweet; Kade, Symphony, and Spring Nitschke; Trey, Kaylee, and Leah Krueger; Shane, Nate, and Ty Vetter.</p> <p>He is preceded in death by his parents and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.</p> <p>Casketbearers will be Charles Tweet, Jared Nitschke, Landon Krueger, Travis Vetter, Wes Schlepp and Tim Rott.</p> <p>In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to McCoy Ministries, PO Box 987, Jamestown, ND 58402, Gideons International, PO Box 102, Ashley, ND 58413 or Ashley Baptist Church, PO Box 184, Ashley, ND 58413.</p> <p>Carlsen Funeral Home of Ashley has been entrusted with arrangements.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="embed-responsive-item" frameborder="0" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://portal.midweststreams.com/services/iframe/20544" webkitallowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
September 1, 1958 - June 2, 202109/01/195806/02/2021
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Marjorie Baumann
June 12, 2021
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Joe and Marie Talley
June 9, 2021
Take care in this time of sorrow Sherry.
We will miss you Keevin.
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Robyn, Joshua, Gabriel, and Johanna Schock
June 7, 2021
Keevin will be so very missed. I will always remember him as our postal carrier on RR 1. We were at the end of his route on the farm and near the end of his route now, some 30 years later.
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Todd Gross
June 6, 2021
Keevin was part of our hunting party for many years. I always enjoyed sharing his wit and tales. He will be missed. God speed, my friend.
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Tamara M Haas
June 5, 2021
Keevin was a Venturia childhood friend. He always made me laugh, and he reminded me not to take myself so seriously. Always a smile, always a joke, always kindness. Rest well my old friend.
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Gary and Elaine Hoffman
June 5, 2021
Our condolences to Keevin's family...Keevin was our mail carrier for many years; he will be missed. May he rest in peace.
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Doug Hettich
June 5, 2021
With deepest sympathy, and condolences to the family.
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Shirley (Hummel) Snider
June 4, 2021
So sad to hear this: We were childhood friends that stayed friends for life. Rest in peace my dear friend, I will miss you!
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Leah (Arnold) O'Leary
June 3, 2021
I am so very sorry to hear this news! I have so many great memories of Keevin from growing up in Venturia. We shared many bags of peanuts and bottles of Pepsi on the bench in front of the gas station and when we attended school in Venturia (mostly in one room), it felt l... Continue Reading