Donna Lei Sorum Anderson

Donna Lei (Wahl) Sorum Anderson, 73, of Two Harbors, Minn., passed away Friday, July 17, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., of natural causes.

She was born on Feb. 12, 1942, to Donald and Lillian (Skalstad) Wahl, in Fergus Falls, Minn. She grew up and attended schools in Elbow Lake. She led the life she wanted to live, out in the woods surrounded by the beautiful Lake Superior. She had many jobs including beautician, salt factory worker, worker in the Arsenal Ammunition Plant and the Post Office. She loved family, crafting, traveling and antiques.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Kay Troehler and Valerie Nyland; and a grandson, Christopher Kjer.

Survivors include her spouse, Arnold Anderson; one brother, Gary Wahl; two sons; Arlen and his wife, Barbara, and Bob Kjer and his wife, Mary; six grandchildren, Don Kjer, Trisha Krouse, Joshua, Kyle, Naomi and Andy Kjer; four great-grandchildren, Jessica, Raymond, Lillian and Nathan; a nephew, Edward; and two nieces, Lori and Alana.

Visitation was from noon until the 1 p.m. memorial service on Tuesday, July 21, at Cavallin Funeral Home in Two Harbors. A private burial will be held at Silver Creek Cemetery. To sign the online guestbook please visit http://www.cavallinfuneralhome.com/notices/donna-sorumanderson.