Winifred
Johnson, 88
Menomonie,
Wisc. - Winifred L. Burstad Johnson, 88,
formerly of Red Lake Falls, died Tuesday, May 8,
2001 at Myrtle Werth Hospital in Menomonie, Wisc.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 12, at 10
a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls
with Rev. Gary Graff officiating. Dawn Halvorson
was the organist, and Dean Berend was the soloist.
Casketbearers were Vannella Shefchik, Vannessa
Shefchik, Megan Shefchik, Abby Berend, Ashlee
Berend, Annie Berend and Desiree Radi. Burial was
in Emardville Cemetery at Plummer with Johnson
Funeral Service of Red Lake Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Winifred
Louise Thompson was born September 8, 1912 in
Huron, S.D., the daughter of Theodore and Mary Jane
(Maxson) Thompson.
On
November 15, 1933, she married Edward Burstad in
Gervais township of Red Lake county. The couple
farmed near Plummer. Edward died on November 18,
1974. Winifred moved into Plummer in
1977.
On
July 25, 1981, she married Arthur Johnson. In 1984,
the couple moved to Red Lake Falls. Arthur died on
May 24, 1988, and Winifred moved to Menomonie,
Wisc. in 1997.
Survivors
include a son, Eldon (Joan) Burstad of Menomonie,
Wisc.; three daughters, Beverly (Erhart) Olson of
Fisher, Althea Theroux of Tucson, Ariz. and Dolores
(Gene) Battleson of Isle; a sister Leota Scheuring
of New Hope; a sister-in-law; 12 grandchildren; 23
great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
Winifred
was preceded in death by her parents; husbands;
three brothers, Harvey, Donald and Clayborn; a
son-in-law, Gary Theroux; a sister-in-law; and a
brother-in-law. A00003B2000MY16
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