Shirley LaDonn Strait, 91, longtime Storm Lake resident dies

Shirley LaDonn Strait, 91, of Storm Lake died February 16, 2026 at her residence in Storm Lake, the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home Life Tributes page says. The funeral-home posting and a notice published by the Storm Lake Times Pilot on Feb. 16 provide the primary public record of her death.

Strait was born July 21, 1934, according to the Life Tributes page, which lists her dates as July 21, 1934 - February 16, 2026. The obituary entry identifies her as a Storm Lake resident but the excerpt published by Fratzke & Jensen does not include a surviving-family list or cause of death in the text supplied to the newspaper.

Memorial services for Shirley LaDonn Strait are scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Storm Lake, the funeral-home posting states. Visitation is noted as taking place Tuesday as well; the Life Tributes excerpt in the public notice was truncated and did not specify visitation hours. The Life Tributes page was created by the family, and the funeral-home posting invites readers to "Share a Memory" and to "Send flowers to Shirley's Visitation."

Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home is the publisher of the Life Tributes entry, which carries the copyright notice attributed to the home. The Storm Lake Times Pilot carried the local notice on Feb. 16, 2026, signaling the timing of the public announcement for friends and neighbors in Buena Vista County.

Public records and several online aggregators show multiple obituaries for women with similar names in other states; those entries have different birthdates, death dates, spouses and service locations and should not be conflated with the Storm Lake notice. Examples include an entry listing a Shirley Strait of Littleton, Colorado with dates around January 5, 1935 - November 11, 2023; a Dignity Memorial obituary for a Shirley Strait tied to Colorado Springs with dates June 15, 1935 - June 8, 2017; and a Faith Memorial Chapel posting for a Shirley Ann Straight of Bessemer, Alabama with dates February 23, 1948 - June 17, 2022.

At present the public details tied specifically to the Storm Lake resident are her full name, age 91, residence in Storm Lake, date of death Feb. 16, 2026, and the memorial service scheduled for Feb. 24, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Life Tributes page created by the family remains the primary online notice; additional biographical details, survivor names, visitation hours and any memorial preferences were not included in the excerpt available in the local notice and remain to be confirmed with the funeral home or the family.