Star Tribune article | Sarah Tilman's Legacy Guestbook
Northfield, Minn.--Sarah Tilman '04, a member of Carleton's synchronized swimming team during her time at Carleton, passed away this past Monday of an apparent unknown heart condition.
Tilman was a biology teacher at Washington, D.C.'s Woodrow Wilson High School. She was a teacher's aide at Minneapolis North High School during the 2004-05 school year. She graduated from St. Louis Park High School, then Carleton, followed by a master's degree in education from American University in Washington, D.C.
As a member of the synchronized swimming team, she helped the Knights qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Championships, where the team routinely placed among the top four Division III schools. She also earned U.S. Synchronized Swimming Collegiate All-Scholar Team honors.
Tilman is survived is by her parents, David and Cathie Tilman; sisters, Lisa (Adam and Aimee Strand) Tilman and Margaret (Per) Nelson; brother, Andrew Tilman; nephew, George Nelson; grandmothers, Lauretta Tilman and Bertha Baxter; and her many other relatives and friends. Her funeral will be held on Monday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m at Wooddale Lutheran Church, 4003 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park, Minn., with visitation from 3-7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Thomson-Dougherty Mansion, 2535 Park Avenue, Minneapolis and one hour prior to service at church. Interment is at Lakewood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations that will be distributed to Sarah's favorite educational institutions.
