Helen M. (Ramsden) JOHNSON

JOHNSON, RAMSDEN, SWISHER, TORRICELLI

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/14/2009 at 22:22:29

The Schleswig Leader, Schleswig, Iowa
September 16, 1999

Helen M. Johnson, age 70, of Hanover Park, Illinois, and formerly of Kiron, Iowa, died at her home on Monday, September 6, 1999. Funeral services were held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 11, 1999, at the Christensen-Ciha Funeral Home in Ida Grove, Iowa, with Reverend James Schubring officiating. Burial followed in Hayes Township Cemetery, Arthur. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetic Association. Born November 5, 1928, in Thor, Iowa, Helen was the daughter of Lawrence and Cora Belle (Swisher) Ramsden. On April 14, 1950, she married Conwell W. Johnson, Ph.D. in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Helen studied music at the University of Minnesota, and later taught piano lessons in her home. She served as church organist for 20 years. Survivors include one daughter, Janice Torricelli and one granddaughter, Emily Torricelli, both of Hanover Park, Illinois; and two brothers, Wesley Ramsden and his wife, Dorothy of Green Bay, Wisconsin and Richard Ramsden of Las Vegas, Nevada. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.