Obit: Johnson, Louisa M. (1887 – 1965)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Johnson, Urman, Ewert, Kassie, Lube, Will, Schaefer, Mandel, Gottschalk

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Nov 1965

Johnson, Louisa M. (30 JAN 1887 – 28 OCT 1965)

Mrs. Louisa Mary Johnson, 78, rural Colby, died at 7:20 a.m. Thursday, October 28, 1965, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby. Rev. Leroy Urman officiated, and burial was in the Green Grove Cemetery (town of Colby).

Pallbearers were Myron Ewert, Johan Kassie, Herb Lube, Ralph Will, Lester Schaefer and Albert Mandel.

Mrs. Johnson was born Louisa Mary Gottschalk January 30, 1887, in the town of Colby. She attended local school, after which she spent eight years working in Sheboygan. Her marriage to Oscar Johnson took place in 1924 in the town of Green Grove. They lived on a farm in the town of Colby for the past 40 years..

Surviving are one son, Martin of Sussex, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.