Roseau - Edward Streiff passed away on October 11, 2018, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D., after a brief illness.

Edward Jacob Streiff was born on April 19, 1935, to Baltzie and Ida (Brandli) Streiff in a log cabin on the family farm south of Warroad.

He grew up in Warroad. After high school, he enlisted in the Army. He and Helen Kveum were united in marriage on March 7, 1955. Ed deployed to Germany that spring, where he served for the next 2-1/2 years in the German occupation.

After returning to Minnesota, he and his family moved to the Iron Range where they lived for the next fifte...