Anchorage Daily News August 28, 2003
Lifelong Alaskan Johanna C. Kerr, 89, died Aug. 24, 2003, at Alaska Native Medical Center. A funeral was held at Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary. Burial took place after the funeral.
Ms. Kerr was born Dec. 14, 1913, in Anvik to Carl Emil Jensen and Eliza (Ticknor) Jensen. She was the eldest of eight children: Tony, Peter, Henry, Timothy, Clara (Marks), Virginia (Yates) and Emily (Shockley) Jensen, all of whom preceded her in death. Her family wrote: "When she was old enough to attend school, her family moved to Flat, the booming gold mining town near the Yukon River. While there, Johanna was a prize-winning foot racer and dog musher. Her family kept dog teams to help deliver mail and relied heavily on subsistence for survival. "Eventually she met and married Herbert Rude, the owner of a transfer company, and had three children: Evelyn (Jones), Ernest (deceased) and Robert Rude. After Herbert's death, Johanna married Orage Houston and gave birth to three more girls, Joan (Buaumgart), Kathy (Johnson) and Mary Ellen (Lavigne). "Just as mining was entering an economic slump and the U.S. was entering World War II, Johanna parted with Orage Huston and moved to Anchorage with her first three children. After enduring poverty through the war years she landed a job at the Alaska Railroad, where she met and married Robert Kerr. In the 1950s, Johanna had three more children: Dorothy (Nitz), James and Glen Kerr. As 1960 approached she gave up her job at the railroad to raise her children. "During the 1960s and 1970s she and her husband built a homestead near the Chulitna River. Her husband died in 1990. "Johanna enjoyed knitting hats, mittens and gloves for her grandchildren, embroidery, berry picking, playing bingo, and going for drives with Cookie (granddaughter) and Gene Sheehan. "Johanna will always be remembered as a hard-working Alaskan Native woman who was the last to go to bed at night and the first to get up and make the morning coffee." In addition to the survivors mentioned above, Johanna had 22 grandchildren, including Coni Beal, Doni Wagner, Brad and Mike Bennett, Herbert, Danny and Carl Ritter, Carol Ritter, Joanne Mignano, Susie Prosser, Dale Rude, Ronalda Olivera, William Rude and Johanna Rude, Tammy Kerr, Niki Nitz-Jones, Amanda Kerr and Joshua Kerr.
Lifelong Alaskan Johanna C. Kerr, 89, died Aug. 24, 2003, at Alaska Native Medical Center. A funeral was held at Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary. Burial took place after the funeral.
Ms. Kerr was born Dec. 14, 1913, in Anvik to Carl Emil Jensen and Eliza (Ticknor) Jensen. She was the eldest of eight children: Tony, Peter, Henry, Timothy, Clara (Marks), Virginia (Yates) and Emily (Shockley) Jensen, all of whom preceded her in death. Her family wrote: "When she was old enough to attend school, her family moved to Flat, the booming gold mining town near the Yukon River. While there, Johanna was a prize-winning foot racer and dog musher. Her family kept dog teams to help deliver mail and relied heavily on subsistence for survival. "Eventually she met and married Herbert Rude, the owner of a transfer company, and had three children: Evelyn (Jones), Ernest (deceased) and Robert Rude. After Herbert's death, Johanna married Orage Houston and gave birth to three more girls, Joan (Buaumgart), Kathy (Johnson) and Mary Ellen (Lavigne). "Just as mining was entering an economic slump and the U.S. was entering World War II, Johanna parted with Orage Huston and moved to Anchorage with her first three children. After enduring poverty through the war years she landed a job at the Alaska Railroad, where she met and married Robert Kerr. In the 1950s, Johanna had three more children: Dorothy (Nitz), James and Glen Kerr. As 1960 approached she gave up her job at the railroad to raise her children. "During the 1960s and 1970s she and her husband built a homestead near the Chulitna River. Her husband died in 1990. "Johanna enjoyed knitting hats, mittens and gloves for her grandchildren, embroidery, berry picking, playing bingo, and going for drives with Cookie (granddaughter) and Gene Sheehan. "Johanna will always be remembered as a hard-working Alaskan Native woman who was the last to go to bed at night and the first to get up and make the morning coffee." In addition to the survivors mentioned above, Johanna had 22 grandchildren, including Coni Beal, Doni Wagner, Brad and Mike Bennett, Herbert, Danny and Carl Ritter, Carol Ritter, Joanne Mignano, Susie Prosser, Dale Rude, Ronalda Olivera, William Rude and Johanna Rude, Tammy Kerr, Niki Nitz-Jones, Amanda Kerr and Joshua Kerr.
Anchorage Daily News August 28, 2003
Lifelong Alaskan Johanna C. Kerr, 89, died Aug. 24, 2003, at Alaska Native Medical Center. A funeral was held at Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary. Burial took place after the funeral.
Ms. Kerr was born Dec. 14, 1913, in Anvik to Carl Emil Jensen and Eliza (Ticknor) Jensen. She was the eldest of eight children: Tony, Peter, Henry, Timothy, Clara (Marks), Virginia (Yates) and Emily (Shockley) Jensen, all of whom preceded her in death. Her family wrote: "When she was old enough to attend school, her family moved to Flat, the booming gold mining town near the Yukon River. While there, Johanna was a prize-winning foot racer and dog musher. Her family kept dog teams to help deliver mail and relied heavily on subsistence for survival. "Eventually she met and married Herbert Rude, the owner of a transfer company, and had three children: Evelyn (Jones), Ernest (deceased) and Robert Rude. After Herbert's death, Johanna married Orage Houston and gave birth to three more girls, Joan (Buaumgart), Kathy (Johnson) and Mary Ellen (Lavigne). "Just as mining was entering an economic slump and the U.S. was entering World War II, Johanna parted with Orage Huston and moved to Anchorage with her first three children. After enduring poverty through the war years she landed a job at the Alaska Railroad, where she met and married Robert Kerr. In the 1950s, Johanna had three more children: Dorothy (Nitz), James and Glen Kerr. As 1960 approached she gave up her job at the railroad to raise her children. "During the 1960s and 1970s she and her husband built a homestead near the Chulitna River. Her husband died in 1990. "Johanna enjoyed knitting hats, mittens and gloves for her grandchildren, embroidery, berry picking, playing bingo, and going for drives with Cookie (granddaughter) and Gene Sheehan. "Johanna will always be remembered as a hard-working Alaskan Native woman who was the last to go to bed at night and the first to get up and make the morning coffee." In addition to the survivors mentioned above, Johanna had 22 grandchildren, including Coni Beal, Doni Wagner, Brad and Mike Bennett, Herbert, Danny and Carl Ritter, Carol Ritter, Joanne Mignano, Susie Prosser, Dale Rude, Ronalda Olivera, William Rude and Johanna Rude, Tammy Kerr, Niki Nitz-Jones, Amanda Kerr and Joshua Kerr.
Lifelong Alaskan Johanna C. Kerr, 89, died Aug. 24, 2003, at Alaska Native Medical Center. A funeral was held at Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary. Burial took place after the funeral.
Ms. Kerr was born Dec. 14, 1913, in Anvik to Carl Emil Jensen and Eliza (Ticknor) Jensen. She was the eldest of eight children: Tony, Peter, Henry, Timothy, Clara (Marks), Virginia (Yates) and Emily (Shockley) Jensen, all of whom preceded her in death. Her family wrote: "When she was old enough to attend school, her family moved to Flat, the booming gold mining town near the Yukon River. While there, Johanna was a prize-winning foot racer and dog musher. Her family kept dog teams to help deliver mail and relied heavily on subsistence for survival. "Eventually she met and married Herbert Rude, the owner of a transfer company, and had three children: Evelyn (Jones), Ernest (deceased) and Robert Rude. After Herbert's death, Johanna married Orage Houston and gave birth to three more girls, Joan (Buaumgart), Kathy (Johnson) and Mary Ellen (Lavigne). "Just as mining was entering an economic slump and the U.S. was entering World War II, Johanna parted with Orage Huston and moved to Anchorage with her first three children. After enduring poverty through the war years she landed a job at the Alaska Railroad, where she met and married Robert Kerr. In the 1950s, Johanna had three more children: Dorothy (Nitz), James and Glen Kerr. As 1960 approached she gave up her job at the railroad to raise her children. "During the 1960s and 1970s she and her husband built a homestead near the Chulitna River. Her husband died in 1990. "Johanna enjoyed knitting hats, mittens and gloves for her grandchildren, embroidery, berry picking, playing bingo, and going for drives with Cookie (granddaughter) and Gene Sheehan. "Johanna will always be remembered as a hard-working Alaskan Native woman who was the last to go to bed at night and the first to get up and make the morning coffee." In addition to the survivors mentioned above, Johanna had 22 grandchildren, including Coni Beal, Doni Wagner, Brad and Mike Bennett, Herbert, Danny and Carl Ritter, Carol Ritter, Joanne Mignano, Susie Prosser, Dale Rude, Ronalda Olivera, William Rude and Johanna Rude, Tammy Kerr, Niki Nitz-Jones, Amanda Kerr and Joshua Kerr.
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