Funeral services were held Friday, June 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Milaca with Rev. Tim Bauer officiating.
She was born June 10, 1914 to Victor and Anna Johnson in Norway/Scandia, KS, where she was baptized at the Lutheran church. In 1920 when she was six years old, her family boarded a train to begin a new life in Bock, Minnesota on their new 80-acre farm. Viola attended District 50 School and Emanuel Lutheran church.
She worked as a housekeeper and nanny in Minneapolis. She married Manford Larson June 8, 1940, at Bock Lutheran church. Viola was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church Women and the Priscilla Circle. After Manford’s death in 1994, Viola moved to an apartment in Milaca. In 2009 she relocated to the Elim Home.
She was preceded in death by her husband Manford; parents Anna and Victor Johnson; brother Carl during WWII; brothers, Leslie, Laverne, and Warren; sister, Alice and their spouses.
Full obituary on the Peterson-Johnson
Funeral Home, Milaca, MN, website
Funeral services were held Friday, June 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Milaca with Rev. Tim Bauer officiating.
She was born June 10, 1914 to Victor and Anna Johnson in Norway/Scandia, KS, where she was baptized at the Lutheran church. In 1920 when she was six years old, her family boarded a train to begin a new life in Bock, Minnesota on their new 80-acre farm. Viola attended District 50 School and Emanuel Lutheran church.
She worked as a housekeeper and nanny in Minneapolis. She married Manford Larson June 8, 1940, at Bock Lutheran church. Viola was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church Women and the Priscilla Circle. After Manford’s death in 1994, Viola moved to an apartment in Milaca. In 2009 she relocated to the Elim Home.
She was preceded in death by her husband Manford; parents Anna and Victor Johnson; brother Carl during WWII; brothers, Leslie, Laverne, and Warren; sister, Alice and their spouses.
Full obituary on the Peterson-Johnson
Funeral Home, Milaca, MN, website
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