Astrid Andreasen Nerhus, a resident of Naperville, Illinois, died November 7, 2017. She was born December 29, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Nerhus worked for the Chicago Board of Education as a teacher for 31 years. She was a member of Bethel Community Church (Chicago), Compass Church (Naperville), Sons of Norway (Polar Star), and the Chicago Teachers Union.

She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Raymond, and three daughters: Marcia (Douglas) Benson, Sharen (Daniel) Sommerville, and Jillian (Jonathan) Lederhouse; nine grandchildren: Sonja Benson, Krista (Paul) Bilbraut, Thor (Kettie) Benson, Scott (Evie) Sommerville, Lynn Sommerville, Mark (Jamie) Sommerville, Jamelyn Lederhouse, Jeremy (Natalie) Lederhouse, and Julia (Peter) Buckingham; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Knut and Inga Andreasen, and her sisters Alice Christensen and Clara Helle.

Along with her husband, Raymond, Astrid enjoyed serving the Lord through singing in the choir at her church and later in the choirs at their retirement home at Monarch Landing in Naperville. She loved needle-pointing and spending summers with family at their summer home in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and part of the winter in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

A private family burial will be held Friday morning, November 10th, at Elmwood Cemetery in River Grove, Illinois. Visitation will be held Friday, November 10th from 4-7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 1310 N. Main St., Wheaton, Illinois. A memorial service will take place on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. also at First Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated to Wheaton College for the Astrid Nerhus Education Scholarship, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187.



See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. John 3:1-2