Naomi Storsteen

Naomi "Tommie" Esther Storsteen died April 25. She was born March 25, 1925, in Nuckolls County, and grad- uated from Superior High School in May of 1942. Naomi next attended nursing school in Omaha, where she met the love of her life. On Dec. 8,1945, she married Dr. Kenneth Storsteen in Abdal Lutheran Church, Abdal, Neb. Naomi and Kenneth moved several times until 1953 when they moved to Duluth, Minn.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church. She sang in the church choir for 38 years, taught Sunday School, and was the church funeral coordinator for decades. She was elected president of the congregation and served twice as president of the Lutheran Church Women's organization. She volunteered at the soup kitchen, Loaves and Fishes, drove for rehab, and Meals on Wheels for more than 30 years. Naomi was a Golden Club member of the St. Louis County Medical Society Alliance, also served as its president and treasurer. She volunteered as a Girl and Boy Scout leader, and was active in the PTA, and any other thing her children volunteered her for. Naomi led a life of service to others and was the most generous, kind, and strong Christian woman who always could find good in anyone.

For recreation she enjoyed canoe trips to the BWCA, skiing, bridge, UMD hockey, the symphony and fish fries on the north shore of Lake Superior.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Chris and Inger Thomsen, immigrants from Denmark; husband, Dr. Kenneth A. Storsteen; her sons, Paul and Mark; brothers, Irving, Carl and Soren Thomsen; sisters, Marie Juhl, and Jean Stanley. 

Surviving relatives are sister, Ann Poh, Green Bay, Wis,; daughter, Jane Storsteen Pine Hill, N.J.; son, Philip (Catherine) Storsteen, Duluth, Minn.; grandson, Erik (Tracy) Storsteen, The Woodlands, Texas; great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Thomas Storsteen, grandson, Jay Storsteen, St. George, Utah; granddaughter, Paige Storsteen Duluth, Minn.; and great-granddaughter, Grace Naomi Berghorn. 

Public visitation was held Friday April 30, in Dougherty Funeral Home.  A funeral was held at 11 a.m., at First Lutheran Church on Saturday. A public internment took place in Park Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Dougherty Funeral Home.