Minnie E. Kellogg was born July 1, 1907, in Courtenay, North Dakota.  She attended school there and graduated from Courtenay High School in 1925. She attended North Dakota Agricultural College for one year (1925-26). Minnie married her high school sweetheart Lawrence Simon LaMotte, May 1, 1926, in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Lawrence was born near McHenry, North Dakota, June 25, 1903. Minnie and Lawrence farmed the family land south of Courtenay until 1941, when they moved into Courtenay. They had four children: Lila, born and died November 11, 1929; Marillyn Joan, born January 23, 1933; Leo Lawrence, born October 28, 1936; and Joyce Lila, born October 10, 1942.

Lawrence was a trucker until his death May 29, 1943, in a train/truck accident near the elevator in Courtenay. Minnie continued to live in Courtenay taking care of her father and operating a variety/drug store. She and the children were members of the Presbyterian Church.

In the fall of 1947, she and the children moved to the farm south of Glenfield. She operated that farm until moving into Glenfield in 1953. Over the next four years she operated a restaurant in Glenfield at two different locations. The first one was on the west side of main street next to the corner Post Office and the second was right across the street on the east side.

She met Victor Stromme during this time who was from Cooperstown, North Dakota.  They were married September 28, 1957, in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  Vic was born August 4, 1909, near Cooperstown. They moved back to the farm south of Glenfield that fall. They farmed there for 10 years and then bought C. W. Smith's grocery store in Glenfield. They bought a house in Glenfield and continued farming and operating the store until retiring in 1970. Vic was a member of the VFW and Minnie was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. Vic died suddenly on June 21, 1973. Minnie remained in Glenfield until failing health forced her to enter the nursing home in Carrington in 1978. She died there August 13, 1982.

Source:  Glenfield History 1886 – 1987 Page 181