Torval Johnson (1892-1979)

JOHNSON, GIESE, VESGAARD, WOONER

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Date: 2/11/2022 at 19:51:07

Torval Johnson

Torval Johnson, 84, Hartley, died Thursday, (Nov. 8, 1979) in a hospital at Hartley. He was the father of Gary Johnson.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Paul Lutheran church at Hartley. Rev. Francis Mennenga will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant View cemetery under direction of the Baumgarten funeral home of Hartley. "Graveside military services will be conducted by Arthur Kirchhoff post 288, American Legion.

Mr. Johnson was bom Sept. 22, 1892, at Alta to Jacob and Katherine Giese Johnson. He married Helga Vesgaard Feb. 9, 1927, at Newell. They farmed near Alta before moving to a farm near Hartley in 1947. They moved to Hartley in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He served nine years on the Fairview school board, five as president. He also was one of the founders of the Alta Community hospital. Mr. Johnson was a member of St. Paul Lutheran church, a charter member of Smith post 498, American Legion, at Alta and a member of Kirchhoff post 288, American Legion at Hartley.

Survivors are his wife; three sons, LeRoy of Hartley, Duane of Estherville and Gary of Le Mars; a sister, Mrs. Margurite Wooner of Cresco, and 11 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 5 brothers, a sister and 4 grandchildren.

Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Friday, Nov. 9, 1979

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