Valeria Marie Stratton

Valeria Marie (Davis) Stratton, age 83, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

She was born Dec. 3, 1941, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Virgil G. and Betty Jane (Fruchey) Davis. On Aug. 16, 1958, she married Edwin L. Stratton, in Wauseon, Ohio, and he survives.

Valeria organized the first Women's Aglow Fellowship in Bryan in 1975, and a few months later, the first Christian Women's Prayer Breakfast, patterned after the Nation Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. It was the first prayer breakfast in northwest Ohio. It still proceeds today as the Christian Prayer Breakfast. It was formed to pray for our country and it's leaders.

Valeria is survived by her husband of 67 years, Edwin; children, Kevin Stratton, of Bryan, Kent (Sandy) Stratton, of Bryan, Elayne (Ramon) Venegas, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Sarah (Chris) Campbell, of Islamorada, Florida; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two stepgranddaughters; and two stepgrandsons

Other than being a follower of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, one of the highlights of her life was a short-term missionary trip to Encanta, Baja, California, Mexico. There the group visited orphanages and remodeled homes in the village.

Visitation for Valeria will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, from 5-7 p.m. at Krill Funeral Home, 860 W. Mulberry St., Bryan, Ohio, and one hour to the funeral service on Thursday from 10-11 a.m. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, with Pastor Benaiah Harris officiating. Burial will follow at Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan.

Donations in memory of Valeria are requested to the House of Prayer.

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