Nancy Teigland, 67, died on Friday, October 3, 2008 with her loving family near her side after a courageous battle with cancer.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Oak Park Lutheran Church in rural Oklee, MN with Rev. Joseph Abrahamson officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Park Cemetery, Deer Park Township, Pennington County, MN.

Visitation will be held 4-8 on Monday, October 6, 2008 at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, MN with a Prayer Service at 7:00 PM. Visitation will also be held for one hour prior to the funeral service at the church on Tuesday.

Nancy Annette Stucy was born on September 12, 1941 to Malcolm and Opal (Halvorson) Stucy in Thief River Falls, MN. She grew up on a farm near Oklee, MN and graduated from Goodridge High School in 1959. She then attended Bethany Lutheran Junior College and earned her Bachelors Degree from the University of North Dakota in 1963.

On February 23, 1963, Nancy married Carl Gene Teigland of Grygla, MN and, after briefly living in East Grand Forks, MN, they moved to Minneapolis, MN where they then lived for nearly forty years. To this union were born Daniel Gene (1963) and Debra Nell (1966).

Nancy enjoyed a twenty-nine year career as a medical technologist: first at St. Barnabus Hospital, which became MMC-Mt. Sinai Hospital, from 1964-1990, then at the University of Minnesota Hospitals Coagulation Lab until 1993.

In 2002, Nancy and Gene moved to the Stucy home farm in rural Oklee to enjoy their retirement. They attended Oak Park Lutheran Church where Nancy was baptized, confirmed, and married. Nancy was church organist there as a teenager and again from 2002-2008 at both Oak Park and Nazareth Lutheran Churches.

Nancy was active in the Oak Park Ladies Aid and River Valley Homemakers Club. She enjoyed reading, dancing, flower gardening, playing cards, and travel. Nancy was a treasured friend, relative, neighbor, and coworker to countless people.

Nancy and Gene were happily married for forty-five years. Nancy was a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother who dearly loved and appreciated her family and upheld them in fervent prayer.

Nancy was a humble Christian servant with a deep and abiding faith in her Lord Jesus Christ.

Nancy is survived by her husband Carl Gene, Oklee, MN, her children, Daniel Teigland of Houston, TX, daughter Debra (Matt) Haglind, Eagan, MN, her granddaughters Kristen Haglind and Kathryn Haglind, and sister Faye (Carl) Johnson, Chico, CA, also by sisters-in-law Marian (Clayton) Ostby, Doris Smeby, Carole Teigland, Mavis (Robert) Smeby, Gloria (Richard) Ness, and Carol (Andy) Wells, by brothers-in-law Glenn (Donna) Teigland and Sheldon (Lucy) Teigland; and by many nieces and nephews.

Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, several aunts and uncles, and two brothers-in-law.

ORGANIST: Gloria Ness
SOLOIST: Cyndi Onkka
SELECTION: Softly and Tenderly, How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS: I Know That My Redeemer Lives, Blessed Assurance, When Peace Like A River
PALLBEARERS: Wesley Sandsmark, Ronald Stucy, Larry Stucy, Clinton Ekwall, Richard Patras, Robert Halvorson
PRAYER SERVICE MUSIC: How Great Thou Art