Doris Evelyn (Johnson) BACK

BACK, JOHNSON, ARVIDSSON, TOSEL, CARSON, BALEK, STEFFEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/8/2010 at 18:56:18

Belmond Independent, Iowa
August 4, 2001

Doris Evelyn Back died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at her home in Klemme. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 7, at United Methodist Church in Klemme with Pastor Paddy Druhl officiating. Interment was at Ell Township Cemetery near Klemme. Music was provided by Margaret Tue, organist; Clay Kilgore, vocalist. Ushers were Raymond Schoenwetter and Calvin Bruggeman. Casket bearers were Harley Nuehring, Dave Ott, Joel Back, Ed Lents, Jack Williams, and Clay Kilgore.

Doris Evelyn Johnson, the daughter of John Agard and Hilma (Arvidsson) Johnson was born August 22, 1921, in Klemme. She was united in marriage to Graydon Back on May 27, 1949 at Klemme. Doris worked at Larson's Grocery Store in Klemme, and the United States Post Office in Klemme. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Klemme, the United Methodist Women, and American Legion Auxiliary.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Graydon in 1989; grandsons, Nicholas and John Tosel; brothers, Fridolph Johnson and Harold Johnson; sisters, Bertha Johnson and Ruth Carson. Survivors are her daughters and sons-in-law, Becky and Steve Tosel of Mason City, Mary and Terry Balek of Mason City; grandchildren, Kimberly, Kerrill, Kathryn, and Krista Balek - Timothy and Ann Tosel; one sister, Ethel Steffen of Waterloo; sister-in-law, Charlene Back of Cape Girardeau, MO; and many nieces and nephews.