BioA: Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward (60th - 1972)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Johnson, Kneen, Luchen, Anderegg, Weber

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 12/28/1972

Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward (60th - 31 December 1972)

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson of Rt. 1 Greenwood, who were married at the Methodist parsonage in Stanley on a cold New Year’s Eve in 1912, will observe their 60th wedding anniversary Sunday with a quiet family gathering at their home. On Tuesday of this week, the Johnsons were pleased to receive anniversary congratulations from President and Mrs. Richard Nixon.

The Rev. James Kneen officiated at the Johnson’s wedding. Their only attendants were her cousin, Edith Johnson, and Miss Johnson’s fiancé, Chris Luchen. After the ceremony the party of four returned to the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erick Johnson, for a small family reception. The ground being snow-covered, transportation was furnished by a horse-drawn double cutter.

The bride is the former Tilda Johnson. “All I did was change from a Miss Johnson to a Mrs. Johnson,” she commented.

Mrs. Johnson was born near Morris, Ill., at the home of her Grandfather Johnson. The family moved to South Dakota while she was a small child, then settled southeast of Stanley when she was eight. Mrs. Johnson grew up in the Stanley area and met her husband, who had a married sister living there, when he came to Stanley to work. Mr. Johnson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Johnson, was born and grew up in the Caryville-Meridean area southwest of Eau Claire.

They are the parents of a daughter Violet, Mrs. Edward Anderegg of Rt. 1 Greenwood. A son, Donald, died in 1939 when he was a senior at Neillsville High School. There are three grandchildren; Mrs. Larry (Ann) Weber of West Allis, Gerald Anderegg of Greenwood and Dennis Anderegg, who graduated recently from District One Technical Institute, Eau Claire; and nine great-grandchildren.

The Johnsons lived in Stanley for a time after their marriage and moved to their present home, located about two miles northwest of Christie near the Weston Townhall, in 1926. They have sold the farm to the Webers but continue to live in the farm house.

Both are members of the Christie united Methodist Church and have been active in church work. Mrs. Johnson is a charter member of the Weston Homemakers club, a group organized about 40 years ago.