Amy Beth Pagarigan Lindström, age 62, passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, October 8th.
A celebration of Amy’s life will be held on Friday, October 14th at 11 AM with a time of gathering 1 hour prior, all at Trinity Church, 10658 210th St W, Lakeville. Pastor Jason Maloney will preside.
** There is currently road construction outside of Trinity Church, please refer to this link for a map of how to access the church: https://trinitychurchmn.com/road-construction-update/ **
Amy Beth Pagarigan Lindstrom was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania to proud first-time parents Barbara and Roberto Pagarigan. Roberto was a first-generation Filipino immigrant.
When Amy was very young, her family moved to Butte, Montana. A few years later, the family moved to Tiffin, Ohio where Amy spent the majority of her “growing up” years.
Amy enjoyed school, played the flute in the high school band and was a cheerleader. She attended Bethel University in Arden Hills, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in elementary education. She taught for a few years in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Later in life, her teaching degree also helped her to teach her own children in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
While in college, Amy met the love of her life, John Lindstrom, while working at a summer camp in Wisconsin. Amy and John fell in love during a year of writing letters and outrageous phone bills. They married on August 21st 1982, and recently celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. Over the next fifteen years, they joyfully welcomed their four children, Josiah (Leah), Joanna (Michael), Micah (Bekah) and Samuel.
In the early 80’s, John and Amy attended an introduction to missions experience, and felt called to join with Wycliffe Bible Translators. Soon after, they began their training in Texas to become Bible translators.
John and Amy were assigned to work in Papua New Guinea with the Malei people. Over the next 30 years, they translated the New Testament into the Malei language.
The joy of Amy’s life was her children. She was a wonderful, caring mother. Her other interests included sewing, drinking tea and coffee, reading, running, shopping with her sisters and spending time with her extended family.
Amy was a servant of the Lord, and lovingly served God’s people. She loved her God, her family and thought deeply. Her family and friends are heartbroken that her time on earth has ended. But we remember that for Amy, death is an event and not a destination. We jump for joy knowing that Amy is now living life abundantly with her God and that we too, as believers, will see and hug her again in the presence of our God.
