Sandra “SanDee” Stricker Baltrusch

Funeral services for SanDee Stricker Baltrusch were held at the Faith Lutheran Church of Harvey, North Dakota on March 1, 2017.

SanDee passed away on February 25, 2017 at her home in Harvey after battling cancer for the past eighteen months.  She was the daughter of Willard and Esther (Maul) Stricker and was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  SanDee attended Roosevelt Grade School and graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1965. She married Jim Stobel and they had two children: Stace and Brian.   They later divorced.

SanDee married Milo Baltrusch on September 28, 1983 in Torrington, Wyoming.  They lived in Gering, Nebraska, then Denver, Colorado area and moved to Harvey, North Dakota in 1987.  SanDee worked for the Tebelius Law firm for nearly eleven years and also worked with her husband at their business - MiDee Auto.

She enjoyed cooking, reading, and collecting glassware and shared her husband’s passion for drag racing.  Milo and SanDee raced their modified S-10 Pickup which was rebuilt by her son Brian using the engine and transmission from her son Stace’s 56 Chevy.  Her Maltese dog, “Mickey” kept her company and brightened many of her days.

SanDee is survived by her husband, Milo of Harvey; sister, Debbi Hafling of Phoenix, AZ and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and sons, Stace and Brian.