Johnson, Minnie Larson 1868-1941

JOHNSON, LARSON

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/5/2011 at 14:35:24

Johnson, Minnie Larson –
Mrs. Minnie Johnson died Sunday morning, Feb. 16 [1941] at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Madden of Kent. Mrs. Johnson is a former resident of Lenox, having lived on a farm near here for a number of years. Funeral services were held at the Prairie Star church, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee of Lenox, assisted by the Rev. Chase of Kent. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Minnie Larson was born in Sweden December 1, 1868 and died February 16, 1941, having but recently passed her 72nd birthday. She came to the United States with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Swante Larson when she was but six weeks old. They moved to Stanton, Iowa were they lived for five years, and then moved to a farm near Spaulding, Iowa. In infancy she was baptized in the Swedish Lutheran church at Stanton and held communication with that body of Christians for over 70 years.
She was united in marriage in Creston, Iowa on Feb. 21, 1900 to Nelse Johnson and spent most of the rest of her lifetime on a farm near Lenox. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1929, a daughter, Helen Brand and a sister, Mrs. Ida Smith.
Surviving are three stepchildren, Mrs. Everett Brand, Kent, Mrs. Mary Buzzard, Huffman, S. Dak., and Charles Johnson, Kent; five children, Mrs. Roswell Slater, Diagonal, Mrs. Roy Madden, Kent and Mrs. Ivan Clark, Seymour; three brothers, Alfred Larson, Shannon City; Sam Larson, Santa Fe, N. Mex., and Will Larson.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, February 20, 1941