6th Finglish trip December 2007 #7 Lempi Kähönen-Wilson (1926-2015) was born in Karelia, Finland. Lempi survived through the Soviet Union attacks of Karelia in WWII, and later lived in Australia before immigrating to the U.S. in 1964. Lempi was a published writer/poet and very active in the Finnish community. She published her memoirs "Tyttö maailmalla I-II" (1997-98). Lempi was a long time usher at the Finnish Lutheran Church of Seattle, helping to keep the altar look good,