Alice
Johaneson, 87
Grygla
- Alice Johaneson, 87, died on Sunday, May 18,
2003 at the St. Mary's Hospital in
Duluth.
Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m on Friday, May 23
at Grace Lutheran Church in Grygla with the Rev.
Gary Gilthvedt officiating. Joy Nordby will be the
organist and the Beito Family will provide special
music. Casketbearers will be Jacob Johaneson, Brent
Skibicki, Zach Johaneson, Roger Anderson, Troy Land
and Eric Dickovich. Honorary casketbearers will be
all of Alice's grandchildren. Interment will be in
Our Savior's Cemetery in Grygla. Visitation will be
held for one hour prior to services at the church
on Friday.
Alice
Lenora Anderson was born on April 18, 1916, the
daughter of Jacob and Julia (Dahl) Anderson, in
Jelle. She was raised in Hamre Township and
attended school in rural Beltrami County. She was
baptized and conifirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran
Church in Grygla. She attended high school in
Bemidji, graduating in 1935. She trained for
cosmetology in Grand Forks, N.D. Alice worked for
Kato Beauty Shop in Grand Forks for a number of
years. When World War II broke out, she moved to
Seattle, Wash., and worked in the defense plant.
She worked as a welder in the Associated Ship
Yards. Following the war in 1945, she moved the
Minneapolis and later moved to Grygla and married
Harry Johnaneson. The couple made their home in Lee
Township of Beltrami County, where they farmed.
Alice also worked at the turkey plant in Thief
River Falls for over 18 years. For the past few
years, she has resided at the Lakeshore Lutheran
Nursing Home in Duluth.
She was a
member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Grygla,
where she taught Sunday School and served as the
Ladies Aid president for several years. She was
also a member of the VFW Auxiliary of Grygla. Alice
also enjoyed making quilts, fishing, gardening and
watching the Minnesota Twins on television. She
especially enjoyed spending time with her children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors
include five children, Michael (Carol) of
Castlerock, Wyo., Wayne of Thief River Falls, Linda
Skibicki of Duluth, Donald (Linda) of Delano, and
Phyllis Bergeron of Shell Lake, Wisc., 12
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; many
sisters- and brothers-in-law, including a special
sister-in-law, Thea Anderson of Grygla; and many
nieces and nephews.
Alice was
preceded in death by her husband, Harry; her
parents; a grandson; four sisters, Ella Anderson,
Clara Englund, Lillian Sundberg and Nina Magnuson;
and six brothers, Arthur, Sydney, Manley, Raymond,
Herbert and Clifford. A00003B2003MY21
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