Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameShirley Leona JOHNSON
BurialUnited Cemetery, Henning, MN
Birth5 Oct 1927, Elbow Lake, Grant County, MN
Death23 Jul 2012, Wadena County, MN
FatherSigval B. JOHNSON (1887-1964)
MotherMaria F. SCHEID
Misc. Notes
Shirley Torkelson, 84, died July 23, 2012, at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena.
Shirley Leona Johnson was born on Oct. 5, 1927 to Sigval and Marie Johnson of Elbow Lake. She grew up there and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1945.
She married Wesley Torkelson on Oct. 21, 1945. They lived in rural Henning after their marriage. They were blessed with three children, Steven, Ann, and Lora. She was a stay-at-home wife and mother. She loved to sew, bake, bowl, and can the produce her husband grew in his garden. In later years she enjoyed watching the Twins.
Shirley is preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 63 years, a daughter, Ann Anderson, and her three sisters: baby Mary Ann, Ethel Barty, and Bernice Kuekn.
She will be sadly missed by family and friends.
Sevice: 2 p.m. Saturday, at Good Shepherd Church, Henning
Clergy: Rev. Roger Johnson
Burial: Good Shepherd Lutheran Cemetary, Henning
Funeral Home: Belmount Funeral Home, Henning
Shirley Leona Johnson was born on Oct. 5, 1927 to Sigval and Marie Johnson of Elbow Lake. She grew up there and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1945.
She married Wesley Torkelson on Oct. 21, 1945. They lived in rural Henning after their marriage. They were blessed with three children, Steven, Ann, and Lora. She was a stay-at-home wife and mother. She loved to sew, bake, bowl, and can the produce her husband grew in his garden. In later years she enjoyed watching the Twins.
Shirley is preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 63 years, a daughter, Ann Anderson, and her three sisters: baby Mary Ann, Ethel Barty, and Bernice Kuekn.
She will be sadly missed by family and friends.
Sevice: 2 p.m. Saturday, at Good Shepherd Church, Henning
Clergy: Rev. Roger Johnson
Burial: Good Shepherd Lutheran Cemetary, Henning
Funeral Home: Belmount Funeral Home, Henning
Spouses
BurialUnited Cemetery, Henning, MN
Birth26 Mar 1925, Sunburg, Kandihohi County, Minnesota
Death27 Oct 2008
FatherHenry ROOSEVELT TORKELSON (1901-1992)
MotherAlice Marie BABCOCK (1903-1982)
Misc. Notes
Wesley Torkelson, 83, of Henning, died Monday Oct. 27, 2008, at his home.
Wesley Vernon Torkelson was born in Sunberg, March 26, 1925, the son of Henry and Alice Babcock. They moved to Henning in 1936 and Wesley started school at District 200 and finished his schooling in Henning, graduating from Henning High School in 1942.
He married Shirley Johnson on Oct. 21, 1945, at Hjerdahl Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake.
They farmed in Henning Township until retiring in 2003. He had also worked for F.R. Steuart Plumbing and Heating until 1974, when his son bought the heating business from F.R. Steuart. He worked for his son until 1995. He was a deacon at Trinity Lutheran Church in Henning until it merged with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. He was an active member of Good Shepherd.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a daughter: Ann Marie Torkelson) Anderson.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley; a son, Steven (Pat) Torkelson, Henning; a daughter, Lora Sutter, Green Isle; and a son-in-law, Jerry Anderson, of Virginia, Minn.; four grandchildren, Christina (Torkelson) Hammer, Jon W. Torkelson, Edward Anderson, and Karla Sutter; two great-grandchildren, Ann Marie and Jenna Rose Hammer; three sisters, Melba Bakken, Alexandria, Althea (Ernest) Deckert, Henning, and Charlotte Deckert, Henning; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Henning
Clergy: Rev. Roger Johnson
Burial: Good Shepherd Cemetery, Henning
Funeral Home: Belmont Funeral Home, Henning
Wesley Vernon Torkelson was born in Sunberg, March 26, 1925, the son of Henry and Alice Babcock. They moved to Henning in 1936 and Wesley started school at District 200 and finished his schooling in Henning, graduating from Henning High School in 1942.
He married Shirley Johnson on Oct. 21, 1945, at Hjerdahl Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake.
They farmed in Henning Township until retiring in 2003. He had also worked for F.R. Steuart Plumbing and Heating until 1974, when his son bought the heating business from F.R. Steuart. He worked for his son until 1995. He was a deacon at Trinity Lutheran Church in Henning until it merged with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. He was an active member of Good Shepherd.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a daughter: Ann Marie Torkelson) Anderson.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley; a son, Steven (Pat) Torkelson, Henning; a daughter, Lora Sutter, Green Isle; and a son-in-law, Jerry Anderson, of Virginia, Minn.; four grandchildren, Christina (Torkelson) Hammer, Jon W. Torkelson, Edward Anderson, and Karla Sutter; two great-grandchildren, Ann Marie and Jenna Rose Hammer; three sisters, Melba Bakken, Alexandria, Althea (Ernest) Deckert, Henning, and Charlotte Deckert, Henning; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Henning
Clergy: Rev. Roger Johnson
Burial: Good Shepherd Cemetery, Henning
Funeral Home: Belmont Funeral Home, Henning
Marriage21 Oct 1945, Hjerdahl Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake, MN