By: ND Monitor Staff
Dr. Tom Strinden, the husband of North Dakota Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden, died Sunday.
A new release from the office of Gov. Kelly Armstrong said Strinden died after a 17-month battle with brain cancer.
Michelle Strinden was a Fargo lawmaker before being tapped as Armstrong’s running mate last year.
“Tom was Michelle’s biggest fan, encouraging her to enter public service and supporting her journey to the Legislature and lieutenant governor’s office. Even after his cancer diagnosis and initial surgery, he returned to his work as a gifted eye surgeon who cared deeply about his patients and improving their quality of life,” Armstrong said in the news release.
Tom Strinden had an eye surgical practice in Fargo since 1995, according to his bio on the Bagan Strinden Vision website. He also was an associate clinical professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and volunteered on medical mission trips to India, Honduras, and Haiti.
He was one of five children of Earl Strinden, who served as the House majority leader in the North Dakota Legislature.
Funeral arrangements were pending Monday.
