JOHNSON, Thelma Gertrude (nee Stoeber) 1915-2009

STOEBER, JOHNSON, GREENZWEIG

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/10/2009 at 14:33:45

Thelma Gertrude (nee Stoeber) Johnson

Visitation:
Friday, July 10, 2009
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main Street
Charles City, Iowa

Service:
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Trinity United Methodist Church
601 Milwaukee
Charles City, Iowa

Thelma G. Johnson, 94, of Charles City, died on Wednesday morning, July 8, 2009, at Cedar Health in Charles City.

Pastor Robert Holdorf of the West Saint Charles United Methodist Church will officiate at the funeral services. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Thelma Gertrude Stoeber Johnson was born April 25, 1915, on the Greenzweig homestead farm in Floyd County, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph and Mabel (Greenzweig) Stoeber. She attended country school, Charles City Normal School, and Iowa Teachers College. She taught primary through 8th grades at Schlick School and at the Ulster #3 Township School for five years.

On January 2, 1938, she was united in marriage to Herbert Carl Johnson and shared 62 years of marriage. They farmed together on land located in West St. Charles and Ulster Townships, rural Charles City, where they raised four children. She was a lifelong member of the West Saint Charles United Methodist Church, where she served as organist, Sunday School Teacher, Bible School Teacher and many leadership capacities. Thelma was a 4-H leader for 25 years and served on the Floyd County Fair Board and ISU Floyd County Extension board.

She was inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. An award she prized was the Distinguished Service to Agriculture presented by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. She served at the township, county, and state levels of Farm Bureau and was Iowa Farm Bureau Women’s Chair for four terms. Thelma was also recognized as Wallace Farmer Master Farm Homemaker in 1957 and promoted farm life by hosting 106 foreign visitors from 37 countries over a span of 30 years.

Other activities and leadership roles included Eastern Star, Iowa Mothers Association, Health Planning Council of Iowa to which she was appointed by the governor, and Country Women of the World. Thelma and Herb were world travelers, indeed were citizens of the world based in Charles City. Of importance to Thelma was keeping in touch and visiting German relatives. Her interests included cross stitching, crocheting and writing.

Living family members include her four children, Beverly (Harold) Biehr of Valparaiso, Ind., Barbara Robin Jones (Stan Liszka) of Chicago, Ill., Erwin (Yoshiko) Johnson of Charles City and Cindee (John) Schnekloth of Eldridge; eight grandchildren, Amy, Clint, Hans, Juan, Luis, Mark, Valerie and Wendy; eight great-grandchildren; six step-great grandchildren; and seven nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a brother, Leslie (Gere) Stoeber.
Memorials may be directed to the West St. Charles United Methodist Church, the 4-H Foundation, or the Floyd County Fair.

[Hauser Funeral Home obituary, 7/10/2009]

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