On December 22, 2017 Leigh Ann Shella passed away, surrounded by her loving family.
Leigh was born May 23rd, 1956 to Hall Lamborn Shella and Lois Ruth Krapf in Pipestone, Minnesota. She grew up in the small town of Jasper, Minnesota where she graduated high school. Went on to University of Minnesota – Moorehead where she got a bachelor’s in special education. She continued her education at Friends University getting her Master’s in Family and Marriage therapy in 2001.
Leigh spent her life being a light for those in need. She worked tirelessly as a therapist but also a mentor and a healer. She was a Reiki master and create her own style of therapy infused with energy work and new age aspects. Later in life, she grew passionate as an herbalist. Graduating from a Prairiewise clinic herbalism program 2016 and became the director of Prairiewise herbal school in Lawrence, KS. She was passionate about using herbs and plants in natural medicine remedies. Her other passionate were her two grandchildren, crystals and rocks. She loved as she would say “digging in the dirt” and spending time with her kids.
She was preceded in death by her father, her sisters Susan and Jane, and her aunts Lila and Lora Mae.
She is survived by her three children, her daughter Jessica and her son Joe and his wife Mikayla of Lawrence, Ks and her son Joshua of San Diego, Ca, her two grandchildren Arabella and Jonathan Joseph “J.J”. Her mother Lois and her sister Cindy Shella-Tranby and brother-in-law Jim Tranby, her sister-in-law Lisa Lyngstad her niece Haley Tranby-Kanengietier all of Sioux Falls, SD. And her many cousins.
Her memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 30th, 2017 at Rumsey-Yost funeral home.
Donations can made at the family’s gofundme page. www.gofundme.com/LeighShella