JOHNSON, Edith E. (Jessen) 1920-2013

JOHNSON, JESSEN, PETERSEN, LOHMAN, MIKKELSEN, CLARK

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/1/2014 at 12:47:44

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Thursday, September 5, 2013]

CEDAR FALLS — Edith E. Johnson, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, at NewAldaya Lifescapes.

She was born Nov. 18, 1920, in Cedar Falls, daughter of Henry Hoy and Dagmar Dorothea Petersen Jessen.

Ms. Johnson was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and worked in the kitchen service at Sartori Memorial Hospital for many years. She also sold Avon products, was involved in the Senior Companions program, and was a member of the Eastern Star.

Survived by two daughters, Nancy Johnson of Acworth, Ga., and Judi Lohman of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, Steven (Lori) of Dike; seven grandchildren, Allison (Ward) Durant, Jamee (Ray) Benson, Casee (Jason) Boose, Derek and Adam Johnson, Erica Rundhaugh and Elizabeth Lohman; nine great-grandchildren, Claire and Catherine Durant, McKinna, Patric and Peyton Benson, Laith and Shereen AlShawwa, Kayla and Noah Boose; and a brother, Ovie (Erma) Jessen of Springdale, Ark.

Preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Helga Mikkelsen and Dagney Clark; and two brothers, Jess Jessen, and an infant.

Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at NewAldaya Lifescapes Chapel, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation from 11 a.m. until services Saturday at the chapel. Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial fund will be established.

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