Lila Theressa Lee Storaasli

"Surely goodness & mercy will follow me all the days of my life & I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" Storaasli, Lila Theressa Lee died Aug 19, 2023 at 103 years 11 months. She was born Sept 14, 1919 on a dairy farm near Freeman Church up a winding road from Ferryville, Wisconsin on the Mississippi River. Lila enjoyed animals, helping her dad Ole milk cows. She raised a calf which won a blue ribbon in the County Fair. She grew up with 2 brothers (one died at 12) and 4 sisters, graduating from Viroqua High School. As she'd skipped a grade, she attended Gale College one year until she was old enough to enter the Fairview School of Nursing in Minneapolis earning her RN degree to begin work as a surgical nurse in Mankato. Lila met her husband, Olaf, singing in a joint Luther Seminary-Fairview Nurses Choir. They married in 1942 and spent their lives devoted to each other, their faith, service to others, and their children, 1 son and 3 daughters. Lila's 1944-59 Saskatoon homes welcomed/housed Seminary students/guests as Olaf was Pastor & Seminary President. She served on Boards of Lutheran Nurses Guild, Women's Missionary Federation & Lutheran Sunset Home's First Board. Before moving to St. Paul, in 1959-60, Lila and her family lived in an Edinburgh flat, culminating in a 3-month summer camping trip in 13 European countries. Returning to St Paul, Lila resumed nursing at Fairview & Lyngblomsten and extended her gracious hospitality, including hosting students from Holland, Turkey & India. Lila loved summers at Ottertail Lake, sabbaticals (Edinburgh,Claremont, Rome, New Guinea & Richmond), co-led Holy land Tours & world travel. She loved Bible book groups, singing in choir, quilting & shared God's love 63 years at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church. She loved music, regularly attending Orchestra and opera in Saskatoon and Minnesota. Lila always set a beautiful table, was a well known baby whisperer and an intrepid cribbage player. She learned to pump gas at age 86, flew in her grandson's experimental aircraft at age 92 and swam in Ottertail Lake until age 102. Preceded in death by husband, Olaf; parents, Ole & Mena Lee; brothers, Rev. Orlando (Myrtle) Lee and Harold Lee; sisters, Gladys (Lawrence) Froiland, Mildred (Oris) Churness, Amber (Reuben) Helgerson; brother in-law, Nulton Sandwick and 2 sons-in-law, François Hutin & James Nestingen. Survived by her sister, Edith Sandwick; children, Olaf (Barbara) Storaasli, Carolyn Nestingen, Faith Hutin (Arnold Rydman), Elizabeth Storaasli (Mark Knutson); 11 Grandchildren, 19 Great grandchildren, Olaf L. Storaasli /Andrea Balloun (Lila, Nora), Paul Storaasli/Sabrina Almeida (Zoe), Andrew Nestingen/Karen Baker (Ella, Willa), Peder Nestingen/Sarah Horstmann (Ansel, Alida, Harriet), Jacob Ole Nestingen/Sonja (Thore, Caia, Lilja), Erica Ullsvik/Matt Jahnke (Adeline), Stephanie Hutin/Florencio Zavala (Mena, Frankie), Claire Hutin/Tamer Harpke (Penelope), Marit Knutson/Haakon Nelson (Endre, Silje, Knut), Anna Knutson, Britta Knutson/Patrick Hughes (Sverre), all of whom she loved dearly. Memorial Service 3:00 PM Saturday, September 23 (visitation from 2-3PM) at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church 2323 Como Avenue, St Paul. Refreshments following service. Service will be live streamed. You may view at SAPLC YouTube link. SAPLC Memorial Service: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChCVd5Zetx5uQM1xqsgM0zQ Also a slideshow of her life at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzodtPmH3SY Memorials preferred to Lutheran World Relief LWR.org, St Anthony Park Lutheran Church SAPLC.org or Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation OIF.org

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Lila Theressa Lee Storaasli

September 14, 1919 - August 19, 2023

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Lila Theressa Lee Storaasli

September 14, 1919 - August 19, 2023

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