Li's memorial services have been rescheduled to 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church in Custer, SD.

On August 11, 1944, Li Fjerestad was born in Sioux Falls, SD, into an industrious and prosperous Norwegian family.  She graduated from Augustana College and obtained graduate degrees from the University of Western Ontario.  She traveled extensively, was published in her academic field, taught in three countries and on the Pine Ridge Reservation. She married Gary Williams in 1999 and moved to Custer, SD.

She was the first woman assistant stack supervisor at the University of Minnesota Libraries.  She was girl Friday to the Middle East regional director of the World Bank, an external consultant to the Dupont corporation, a construction worker and a counselor at a runaway house and children's half-way home.

Li passed away April 1, 2022 in Custer, SD.

She is survived by her beloved son, Christopher Lee Dartt and husband, Gary Lee Williams.  Her huge extended family extends to all humankind.  Rest in peace, citizen of the world. Li passionately loved God, her family, her life, and her place in history.

A memorial of Li will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church in Custer, SD.

In memory of Li, please send memorials to your favorite charity.

"I was a good person, not a perfect person.  I had flaws, but I was not broken.  I am a child of God and I called him Abba.  My favorite phrases were 'Power Forward' and 'We grow by pain and revelation." – Li