Margaret Ann Sorensen

Margaret Sorensen October 22, 1935 ... November 23, 2023 (age 88) Margaret Sorensen, 88, of Minneapolis died peacefully at home from lung cancer on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023 with her nephew Terry at her side. • Her visitation will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. n Wednesday, December 6, at Augustana Auditorium Chapel, 1509 10th Ave. S., Mpls, 55404, followed by her memorial service at 1:30 and a reception after the service. Memorials are preferred to the Cassia,Margaret Sorensen Memorial, Lutheran World Relief, or to the donor's favorite charity. Margaret was born on a farm at Jackson, NE to Andrew and Rosanna Novak Kratochvil Sorensen. Margaret was the youngest of four children. All three of her siblings-Harold, half-sister Beulah, and Evelyn-preceded her in death. Margaret attended school and college : in Nebraska graduating from Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing in Omaha, NE. Margaret worked in Colorado Springs and then took a break to travel to Europe and other countries and then moved to Embudo NM, to work in a small mission hospital. She then moved to MN to attend the U of M graduating with BSN in Nursing. She worked at several, Minneapolis hospitals including Lutheran Deaconess Hospital and Swedish Hospital before taking a job as supervisor and assistant director to Sister Irene Danielson who had been her teacher in Omaha in her student days. When Sister Irene retired Margaret became \ Director of Nursing at Augustana Home and later became Medicare Coordinator until her retirement in 1999. Margaret loved to learn through travel. She visited Israel sever41 times, did a study tour for nurses to the USSR, went to the U.N4 Women's Conference in Beijing, China, attended the Oberammagau Passion Play, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia, as well as many winter vacations in Hawaii and other parts of the U.S. and Canada. . Her childhood dream had always been to visit Africa which came true '. with her travel to Nigeria with the Mpls. Area Synod in 2006 and then , in 2007 to Tanzania with the Women of the ELCA and Lutheran World • Relief to learn about LWR projects there. : : Margaret also loved music starting with piano lessons at age 4, continuing in band and chorus in high school as well as taking organ lessons and eventually serving as organist periodically over the years. ; She attended many orchestra and opera concerts over the years. : Margaret was very active at Augustana Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School for over 25 years and was also active on the church council and in many of the Minneapolis Synod committees. She loved to challenge her faith by taking Bible studies and lay classes at Luther Seminary1 Margaret is survived by several nieces and nephews: Harold, Peggy, Anna, Michel, Diane, Bruce, Terry, and Loren. One nephew, Glenn, preceded her in death. She is also survived by many other relatives and friends from her entire life. Margaret loved to learn and be of service to others. May her memory be an encouragement to us all.

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Margaret Ann Sorensen

October 22, 1935 - November 23, 2023

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Margaret Ann Sorensen

October 22, 1935 - November 23, 2023

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