Obit: Johnson, Amanda (1887 - 1958)

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Surnames: Johnson, Peterson, Asselin, Kordahl

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.)  11/13/1958

Johnson, Amanda (8 JUL 1887 - 5 NOV 1958)

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Amanda Johnson, 71, Eau Claire, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Stanley Saturday.  The Rev. F.M. Salveson officiated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery at Stanley.

She passed away last Wednesday morning at Memorial Hospital, Menomonie.

Mrs. Johnson was born July 8, 1887 in Norway, the daughter of August and Anetta Peterson.  She came to Wisconsin with her parents at the age of one and settled at Porter Mills, later the family moved to Stanley.  Her marriage to Andrew Johnson took place May 17, 1914 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Stanley.

Surviving are son, Lyman of Wis. Rapids; three daughters, Marjorie of Stanley, Mrs. G. Asselin of Thorp, Mrs. Lawrence Kordahl; three brothers, Oscar Peterson of Stanley, Arthur and Peter of Boyd.