Jessie Alice Johnson 1911-2009

FULLER, CORBIT, JOHNSON, STOCK, EVERMAN, EVERMON

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 9/19/2009 at 19:03:33

Jessie Alice Johnson

Jessie Alice Johnson, 98, of Waukon died Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 29 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Rev. Richard Iles officiating. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon.

Jessie Alice (Corbit) Johnson was born July 28, 1911 in Crystal, ND, the daughter of John B. and Helen May (Fuller) Corbit. She grew up on a farm near Crystal and graduated in 1927 from Crystal High School as valedictorian of her class.

June 12, 1929 she married Edwin E. Johnson at her home in Crystal. They moved to Waukon in 1946, where Jessie was a member of New Century Club, First Baptist Church, and later, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. She was a volunteer at Good Samaritan Center and the annual Allamakee County Fair, where she supervised the floral entries.

Jessie was an avid reader, played the piano, and loved music. Raising flowers, baking, crocheting afghans, and doing other fancywork were some of her other favorite pastimes. Her faith was an important part of her life and she nurtured her personal relationship with God through daily devotions and prayer. Since 1996 she has been a resident of Good Samaritan Center, where she enjoyed taking part in all the activities and became very close friends with the staff and other residents.

Survivors include her three children, Marilyn (Bill) Stock of St. Paul, MN, Carol Johnson of Boca Raton, FL, and Earle (Nisa) Johnson of Chicago, IL; six grandchildren, Dawn Jordan of Laguna Beach, CA, Shawn (Bryan) Luedtke of Hilton Head Island, SC, Dan (Kim) Stock of Roseville, MN, Jim (Julie) Stock of Shorewiew, MN, and David and Dean Johnson, both of Chicago; four great-grandchildren, Zachary Luedtke, Jordan Rohweder, and Brad and Sara Strandlund; a great-great-grandchild, Julian Rohweder; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Edwin, who died in 1974; two brothers, John and Owen Corbit; two sisters, Helen Everman and Annie Corbit; and a grandson, Donald Stock.

Casketbearers were Dan, Jim and Bill Stock, and David Johnson.

Martin Funeral Home, Waukon, in charge of arrangements

Waukon, Iowa's newspaper, THE STANDARD, September 2, 2009. Contributor is not related and has no further information.
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Added by Connie Ellis, March 23, 2011:

The obituary for Jessie's sister, Helen May Corbit, appeared in the Waukon, Iowa newspaper in October 1985. The obit gives her married name as 'Evermon' rather than 'Everman'(Note: Helen was not a resident of Allamakee County).

Helen May Corbit was born June 30, 1906 in Crystal, North Dakota. She was married to A. V. Evermon on July 8, 1948. She died October 14, 1985 at her home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Interment was in Memorial Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Helen was survived by her sister, Mrs. Jessie A. Johnson of Waukon, Iowa and nieces and nephews, Lloyd "Bud" Corbit of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Marilyn Stock of St. Paul, Minnesota, Carol Jordan of Arlington, Virginia, and Earle Johnson of Chicago, Illinois and great-nephew, Roger Corbit of Minneapolis, Minnesota, son of Bud Corbit. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, one sister, and her parents.

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