Lilah Mae Hasby

Lilah Mae Hasby, 87,

Minot, formerly of the

Keene, ND area, died Fri-

day, October 16, 2020 at

her home surrounded by

her loving family and hos-

pice.

Lilah was born De-

cember 10, 1932 on the

family farm near Keene,

North Dakota the

daughter of Eddie and

Alma (Bolt) Norby. She

was raised on the family

farm and educated at

country schools in the

area, graduating from San-

ish High School in 1950.

She received her standard

teaching certificate and

began teaching at a coun-

try school north of New

Town at the age of 17.

Lilah was united in

marriage to Glenn Hasby

on October 22, 1950 at

Sanish Lutheran Church.

They made their home at

New Town, where along

with raising their three

daughters, she worked as

a dental assistant, book-

keeper and at the Com-

munity Action Program at

New Town. Throughout

the years she taught for

more than 25 years in

Mountrail County,

McKenzie County and

Ward County. She later

received a bachelor of sci-

ence degree in education

at Minot State University

in 1974 and had worked

on a master’s degree from

the University of North

Dakota.

Lilah and Glenn moved

to Minot in 1976, where

they purchased Sunshine

Grocery and she began

teaching at Surrey for 13

years. Later she would be-

come the Principal for Lit-

tle Flower Catholic School

in Minot.

Lilah was a former

member of First Lutheran

Church, Minot, where she

served on the Church

Council and member of

Zion Lutheran, where she

was active with the

Women’s Circle. She was

active serving in the

churches and civic organi-zations in the communi-

ties in which they lived.

Some of these include,

New Town PTA, past

President of the New

Town Study Club, taught

Sunday School and con-

firmation classes, active

with the Survivor’s

Friendship Club, First

Lutheran Prayer Chain

Coordinator and Pastoral

Gifts Assistant. She had

also been active with the

Scandinavian Heritage

Sons of Norway as an Off-

icer from 1990-2007 and

the New Town Legion

Auxiliary.

Her loving family in-

cludes: husband of nearly

70 years, Glenn Hasby of

Minot; children, Glendine

(Dan) O’Brien, Aurora,

CO, Lorna (Mike) Pusc,

New Town and Mary

Helen Hasby (Phil

Schultz), Minot;

grandchildren, Matthew

(Jaime) Hasby, Sarah (Dar-

cy) Lehr, Amanda Pusc,

Emily (Kevin) Welz,

Jacqueline Pusc (James

Gleich);

great-grandchildren,

Kade, Landon, Grayson,

Wyatt, Calvin, Dexter,

Cayden, Rheya and Liber-

ty; siblings, Helen Klein,

Minot, Edna Norby, Wat-

ford City, Roberta Rollefs-

tad, Williston and Dwight

Norby, Keene; several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Lilah was preceded in

death by: her parents, and

a brother, Robert;

brother-in-law, Adolph

Sprenger; sister-in-law,

Della Norby; nephew,

George Greenwell.

Service: Due to the CO-

VID pandemic, there will

be a Private Family Ser-

vice on Friday, October

23, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in

Zion Lutheran Church,

Minot. There will be a

link to the livestream that

can be accessed by going

to Lilah’s obituary on the

funeral home’s website.

Public Visitation:

Thursday, October 22

from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Public Graveside ser-

vice: Friday at 2:45 p.m.

in Good Hope Cemetery,

rural Keene.

Memorials: preferred to

the local chapter of Sons

of Norway or Zion Luth-

eran Church, Minot.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com).