Johnson, Eileen Ruth (1924-2016)

JOHNSON, BORCHERDING, NEHRING, ANDERSON, HAWKINS, EVANS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/15/2016 at 11:37:14

Eileen Ruth Johnson
May 18, 1924 - October 22, 2016

Eileen Ruth Johnson, age 92, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake.

A daughter of Henry T. and Minnie R. (Grieme) Borcherding, Eileen was born in Hanover, Iowa, on May 18, 1924. Baptized at her home on June 9, 1924, by Reverend H. Wehking and confirmed on April 10, 1938, at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Odebolt, she attended rural schools through the 8th grade and graduated from Early Consolidated School in 1942. She went on to earn a teaching certificate and taught all grade levels in a country school setting. On December 8, 1943, she married Mayford A. Johnson in Schaller, Iowa. He died on September 2, 1996. Eileen was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Storm Lake, Iowa.

Four daughters survive her: Rosalie M. Nehring, and her husband, Richard, of Des Moines, Iowa, Sheryl R. Anderson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kathy M. Hawkins, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Connie L. Roche (special friend, Edgar Batiste), of Storm Lake, Iowa; a son, Dean A. Johnson, and his wife, Kim, of Harrah, Oklahoma; one brother, Vernon Borcherding, and his wife, Jackie, of Scottsdale, Arizona; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Borcherding, of Schaller, Iowa; as well as fifteen grandchildren; twenty-four great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren; along with a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her daughter, Diane Nehring; her brother, Harry Borcherding; and her grandson, Adam Evans.

At Eileen’s request, and in lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been set up at St. John’s Lutheran Church and Unity Point Hospice in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held Friday, October 28, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will take place Thursday, October 27, 2016, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake where the family will be present from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. A memorial fund has been established at Unity Point Hospice or at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

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