Bernice L. Johnson, 1913-1997

JOHNSON

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/9/2009 at 19:26:47

Bernice L. Johnson, 84, of Estherville, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Swea City. Burial will be in Harrison Township Cemetery, Swea City.

Johnson died Friday, Nov. 28, 1997, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, Spirit Lake. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Swea City.

Bernice L. Johnson, daughter of Harry and Mary (Monsen) JOhnson, was born March 23, 1913, in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended school in Armstrong and graduated from Armstrong High School. On June 26, 1935, she married Arthur Johnson of Elmore. The couple farmed south of Swea City in 1974. He died July 7, 1979. In 1992, she moved to Estherville. She was a member of United Methodist Church in Swea City.

Survivors include her son, Kenneth Johnson and wife, Shirley, of Lakeville; daughter June Bierstedt and husband, Clarence, of Estherville; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, son, two great-grandchildren, parents and brother.

Source: Fairmont Sentinel, Fairmont, Minnesota, December 1, 1997.