Margery Johnson

Margery Johnson was born to parents Arthur and Maude (Rice) Johnson on August 18, 1917, in Wing River Township, Wadena County. She completed grades 1 through 8 in School District 14. Margery attended high school in Wadena and graduated as salutatorian of her class in 1934. Margery's life work was in Wadena and centered around home-making activities. She enjoyed cooking and baking. For 16 years Margery helped care for two families where there was no mother present. In her earlier years she spent many weekends at her parent's farm home near Blue Grass helping them. She also enjoyed having a flower garden there. Margery was active as a Sunday School Teacher and served as the Sunday School Superintendent for many years at Bethany Lutheran Church in Blue Grass. From 1945 to 1964 she served as the Blue Grass area weekly news correspondent for the Wadena Pioneer Journal and the Sebeka Review. In 1964 her parents moved to Wadena and she made her home with them until their passing. She moved into her own apartment in 1972 and lived there until her retirement in 1979. Margery then made her home at Humphrey Manor until 1999 when she moved to Fair Oaks Lodge. Margery enjoyed sewing related activities and was a member of a sewing club, "Stitch N Time" from 1940 to 1997. She also enjoyed quilting, craft work and art, including painting pictures on glass. Margery's interest in family heritage prompted her to compile both pictorial and written family histories over the years. Margery died at the age of 90 on January 27, 2008 at Fair Oaks Lodge. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Wadena, with Pastor Vaughn White officiating. Interment will be at Wadena Cemetery in Wadena. Margery was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers Allard and Merle Johnson. She is survived by her brother Arlan (Jeanette) Johnson of Alexandria; her sister-in-law Gertrude Johnson of Wadena; nieces Shirley (Steve) Tigges of Vadnais Heights, Cindy (Ace) Becker and Kathy Johnson, both of Wadena; nephews Tom Johnson of Wadena, Allan (Colleen) Johnson of Alexandria, and Paul (Ann) Johnson of Moorhead; great nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

Margery Johnson

August 18, 1917 - January 27, 2008