Julie Renee Satterlie

Julie Renee (Evavold) Satterlie was born on December 10th, 1962 to Rick & Judy (Runningen) Evavold in Alexandria, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran in Ashby, MN. She graduated from Ashby Public School in 1980. She attended Alexandria Technical College for Fashion Merchandising. She fell in love and was married to Randy Satterlie on October 30th, 1981.

She and her husband bought the Satterlie Farm in Evansville, where they raised a family and cared for the land. They, along with Eric & DeAnn Satterlie, began Satterlie Custom Harvesting in 1986. The family business took them from Oklahoma to the Canadian border following the wheat harvest. Julie was a secretary at many local schools and a business in Elbow Lake. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and served on the Evansville School Board for 6 years. Julie purchased Common Threads Quilt Shop of Alexandria and moved the quilt shop to Garfield, MN.

In the Fall of 2014, Julie was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that attacked her lungs. By the gift of organ donation, she received a double lung transplant on March 1st, 2018, at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. She called this her “New Birthday”. She was blessed with 6 and a half miracle years.

Julie's steadfast, Christian faith, and commitment to true tradition reflected her deep, rooted values, shaping the way she lived her life. Julie had a beautiful spirit and appreciated the true essence of living. She had a heart full of love and joy and always aimed to make her families day a little brighter. She always had a smile on her face and a sparkle in her eye. Julie's planning and organizational skills made her an exceptional coordinator when anyone needed help. She had a talent bringing structure and order to activities. She was involved even when her disease restricted her to being homebound. She still wanted to help, saying “Let me do the phone calls; that's something I can do; tell me what I can do to help from here in the house.”

Julie enjoyed quilting, scrapbooking, traveling with her husband, reading, cooking, baking and especially spending time with her grandkids. She had a glorious singing voice and her laughter was recognizable anywhere. She fed the masses from the back of her Suburban, she made a significant impact on her community, she was the best wife and mother, and she worked hard.

Julie passed peacefully surrounded by her family on August 4th, 2024, at M. Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, Randy Satterlie, daughters Katie (Grant) Satterlie-Trisko, Danielle (Aaron) Wurm, Holly (Trent) Thoennes, grand-children Parker, Aikley & Cooper Thoennes and Sibley & Declan Wurm, mother, Judy Evavold, and sister, Kristi Evavold.

She is preceded in death by her father, Rick Evavold, and grandsons, Payton & Leighton Thoennes.

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Memorial Service: 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Grace Lutheran Church in Brandon, due to kitchen remodeling at Faith Lutheran Church in Evansville. Fellowship following the service.

Visitation: Friday from 5 to 7 PM at the Grace Lutheran Church and will resume one hour prior to the service on Saturday.

Inurnment: Zionsborg Cemetery of rural Evansville.

Funeral Home: Glende-Nilson of Evansville.

Condolences:GlendeNilson.Com

Julie has requested no flowers be sent. If you would like to honor her, please consider donating to https://breathingnewlife.org/.

You can donate directly on the website OR checks can be mailed to: 

Breathing New Life, 6417 Penn Ave S, Ste 7 – 1210, Minneapolis, MN 55423-1196