Lorraine Ann Strohacker

November 28, 1920 – August 25, 2015

Lorraine Ann Strohacker, age 94, passed away on August 25, 2015 at Alta Ridge Assisted Living, in Sandy, UT.

Lorraine was born at home in Cicero, Illinois, November 28, 1920 to Martin and Katherine (Kate) Kramer, nee Miller. She was baptized into the body of Christ on January 15th, 1921. She graduated from high school in 1938, and was hired at Montgomery Ward as a typist. When she left after 11 years, she was a private secretary for the corporate Real Estate Manager. She loved family gatherings, playing cards, crossword puzzles, going out to eat, and cooking. In later years, she even wrote her own family cookbook. If something was on her mind, she told you, no filters.

Lorraine lived in Illinois, Arkansas, Virginia, Maine, and finally Utah. She was married to Fred H. Strohacker at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Cicero, Illinois, lived in Cicero and then Bellwood, Illinois with her family, and then retired in 1972 to Hot Springs, Arkansas. There, she was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church for 30 years where she was active in church work being a deacon and an elder. She volunteered at St. Joseph Hospital for 21 years. After moving to Virginia in 2003, she was a member of the Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church for five years where she helped in the office and was also active in the women's circle. She volunteered at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg for four years. In 2009, Sumner, Maine was her next stop, living with her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Bill Glass, and attending the Congregational Church of East Sumner. Then, a more temperate climate called her to Sandy, Utah, with her son and daughter-in-law, Fred and Linda Strohacker. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Salt Lake City and was a dedicated fan of the Utah Jazz.

Her husband, Fred H. Strohacker, brother Delmar Kramer, and sisters Irene Wilson and Valeria Schwetz preceded her in death. Survivors include one son, Fred M. Strohacker (Linda) of Sandy, Utah, one daughter, Linda S. Glass (Bill) of Sumner, Maine, three grandchildren, Janel Gazunis (Chris), Eric Strohacker, Joshua Glass (Christina), two great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be at Zion Lutheran Church, 1070 Foothill Dr., Salt Lake City, UT, on October 3, 2015, at 2PM. The family will receive visitors at 1pm. Refreshments will be available after the service. Her ashes will be inurned at the Westminster Presbyterian Church columbarium, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.evans-earlymortuary.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (www.zelc.org), or the Congregational Church of East Sumner (50 Main St; Sumner, ME 04292.)