Obituary - Posted: 7/7/04
Evelyn Johnson
Evelyn B. Johnson, 89, of Money Creek died Friday, July 2, 2004, at Gundersen - Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. She was born on November 12, 1914, at Vinegar Hill near Rushford, MN. Evelyn was raised at Vinegar Hill and graduated from Rushford High School. On January 16, 1937, she married Earl G. Johnson at the Thompson home on Vinegar Hill.
Evelyn worked at Winona State University for several years. She was a lifetime member of the Money Creek United Methodist Church and was a member of the U.M.W. group there. She was a member of the Eastern Star and the Houston Garden Club. She enjoyed playing 500 and Bridge, quilting, and she was an excellent cook, especially Scandinavian cooking. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by three sons: Lowell (Donna) Johnson, DeWitt, Iowa, James (Joan) Johnson, Winona, and Steven (Lynne) Johnson, Viroqua, WI; two daughters: Eline (Arthur) Kleist of Rushford, and Carla Johnson, Money Creek; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three brothers: Clifford (Mathilda) Thompson Sr., Lewiston, Harold (Beverly) Thompson, St. Charles, and Martin Thompson, Rushford; two sisters: Madeline Gudmundson, Rushford, and Lillian (Elmer) Reps, Utica.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a daughter, JoAnne, a son in infancy, and four siblings.
Services were at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, at the Money Creek United Methodist Church in Money Creek with Pastor Fauntie Wilcoxon officiating. Burial was in the Money Creek Cemetery. Friends calledl from 4-7 p.m. on Monday at Hoff Funeral Homes ñ Rushford Chapel and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the church.
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