Thelma Catherine Engstrom (née Wait) (September 9, 1905 – February 7, 1957) was a teacher, columnist and legislator in Alaska.
Engstrom died from a brain tumor after emergency surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
[1][2][3] Her husband, Elton Engstrom Sr. was born in Wrangell, Alaska, and went to the University of Washington.
Engstrom died in a hospital in Juneau, Alaska following a heart attack.
[4] Their son, attorney Elton Engstrom, Jr., served in both the Alaska House and Senate, and his daughter, Cathy Muñoz, served four terms in the Alaska House, representing Juneau, 2009–2017.