Edna C. Johnson

Edna C. Johnson was born April 20, 1917, in Cromwell Township, near Hawley, Minnesota, to Alfred O. and Selma Anderson Anderson. She grew up and attended rural country school in District #107. She married Helmer Johnson on October 23, 1940 at Lake Park, Minnesota. Following their marriage they farmed at Highland Grove Township, retiring in 1970. Helmer died June 7, 1985. Edna continued to live on the farm until moving to the Viking Manor Nursing Home in December of 2003. She was a lifetime member of Highland Grove Lutheran Church, where she was baptized and confirmed. She also was a Sunday School Superintendent, teacher, and was in the church choir, circle and the Ladies Aide. She was a 4-H leader and was on the School Board at District #107 for many years. Edna died Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, Minnesota, at the age of 86. She is survived by one son, Arland Helly Johnson, Hawley, MN; one daughter, Marilyn Johnson, Hawley, MN; one brother, Aldwin Ellen Anderson, Hitterdal, MN; twosisters, Margaret Mischke, Ulen, MN, and Esther Edward Luthi, Hawley, MN; two grandchildren, Scott Heidi Johnson, Albertville, MN, and Jeremy Johnson, West Point, NY; one great-granddaughter, Paige Ayn Johnson; and numerous nieces and nephews.