Pernelle (Hjemle) JOHNSON

HJEMLE, JOHNSON, HUKEE, THOMPSON, HANSON, NEWGORD, SAUGSTAD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/30/2009 at 00:20:46

MRS. JAMES JOHNSON

Mrs. Pernelle Johnson died September 14, 1937 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. O. Hukee on Tuesday, after a brief illness of two days. She had been in failing health and her death was attributed to old age. She was 84 years and 11 months at the time of her death. Mrs. Pernelle Johnson was the daughter of Thomas and Johanna Hjemle. She was born at Lillehamer, Norway on November 6, 1852. When she was 15 years old, she came with her parents to the U.S. and they settled in Wisconsin. In 1872 she was married to James Johnson at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Immediately after the wedding, she left with her husband by covered wagon for Belmond, Iowa where they proved a homestead. It was here where her five boys and four girls were born. From Belmond they moved to West Salem, Wisconsin; Blair, Wisconsin; south of McIntosh, Minnesota; and Coulee, North Dakota. In 1929 Mr. Johnson died and in 1931 Mrs. Johnson came to McIntosh to live with her son and daughter. Mrs. Johnson was predeceased by her husband and, one son, Joseph, who died in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Malena Johnson who died in 1927. She is survived by four sons, Adolph, McIntosh; Thadddeus, Taylor; three daughters, Mrs. E.J. (Adelia) Thompson, Long Beach, California; Mrs. S.O. (Julia) Hukee, Winger, Minnesota; and Mrs. E.E. (Gena) Hanson, Whitehall, Wisconsin and one brother, Ole Thompson of Belmond, Iowa and two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Newgord of Belmond, Iowa and Mrs. M.E. Saugstad of Woodburn, Oregon. Funeral services for Mrs. Johnson were held in Abrahamson's Funeral Chapel Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. C.M. Westermoe officiating. Interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery at Coulee where Mr. Johnson is buried and Adolph Johnson left by train this morning for Coulee, North Dakota.

The Blair Press, Wisconsin
October 7, 1937