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Nels Johnson

Posted 2014-10-20 by Lloyd Hansen
Nels J. Johnson - December 19, 1959

Funeral services for Nels J. Johnson, 83, a former longtime St. Paul resident who died Saturday morning in an Ottawa, IL, hospital, will be held Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. at the McIntyre-Jacobsen Funeral Home in St. Paul. Pastor Norman L. Freund will conduct the services and burial will be in the North Logan Cemetery near St. Paul.

Born Nov. 17, 1876, in Norway to Engebrit and Gurine Johnson. Mr. Johnson came to St. Paul when he was 16 and farmed in the community until 1945 when he moved to Illinois.

He and Line Hansen were married in St. Paul July 30, 1907. Mrs. Johnson died in July 1943.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alvin Swanson of Afton, IA, and Mrs. Doth Crawford of Forest Park, Il; five sons, Emil of Sheridan, IL, Adolph of Laramie, WY, John of Kewanee, IL, the Rev. Oscar Johnson of Detroit, MI and Harold of Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Marie Carr of oak Park, IL, Mrs. Minnie Jensen of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Julia Paulsen of Southgate, CA; a brother, George O. Johnson of Elgin, IL; 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Printed in The Phonograph December 23, 1959 St. Paul, NE


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