Surnames: Johnson, Thorstensen

----Source: CLARK COUNTY PRESS (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 11/27/1947

Johnson, Anna #2 (27 DEC 1867 - 19 NOV 1947)

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Johnson, 79, were held November 23 from the United Lutheran Church in Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.). Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson died Nov. 19, 1947 after a lingering illness following a stroke.

Anna Thorstensen was born in Staordalen, Norway, on Dec. 27, 1867. In 1887 she came to the United States, settling in Chicago. In Chicago she married Martin Johnson in 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson came to Greenwood in 1918.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, at home; two sons, John Johnson at home and Thor Johnson, Wis. Rapids; a sister, Albertine, in Norway; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, two sons and a brother and sister.