Helen Louise (Anderson) Johnson, 76
July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Helen was born on July 21, 1941 in Bancroft, Nebraska to Edwin and Marie (Hermelbracht) Anderson. She was the eleventh of twelve children.
She graduated from Bancroft High School in May, 1959 and married Melvin Johnson of Oakland, Nebraska on August 23, 1959. They were blessed with four children: Lori, Timothy, Leslie and Candace.
Helen was a stay at home mom and kept the books for Mel’s construction company and worked part-time selling real estate until her youngest started junior high school. She worked at Drake Williams Steel as an associate buyer for 12 years. She then accepted a position with Hewlett Packard as a sales operations coordinator. She retired after 15 years. Helen liked to stay busy, so after a few years of retirement she went to work for Jackson Hewitt, preparing tax returns, and continued until her passing.
Helen was fortunate to be able to stay at home with her children and participate in many of their activities, including watching sports, 4-H, Girl Scouts, being a school Room Mother and driving to dance classes. In her spare time, she assisted Mel with bookkeeping and design for his home construction company.
Helen was also an avid bridge player, playing with women’s groups and also with Mel in couple’s groups. She was a huge Nebraska sports fan, enjoying football and women’s volleyball. She enjoyed traveling to see her children and grandchildren and also to spend quality time with Mel.
Sadly, Helen Johnson died December 28, 2017, surrounded by her loved ones in her family home. Her funeral will be at 1st Lutheran Church, Blair, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 3.
Left with memories are her husband of 58 years; daughter Lori (Cliff) Valley of San Antonio, TX, son Tim (Tracy) Johnson of Hartford, IA, daughter Leslie (Greg) Kinder of Sanger, CA and daughter Candi Johnson of Omaha, NE; five grandsons: Casey (Melissa) Johnson, Matt Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, and Nicholas Kinder; great-granddaughters, Scarlett and Josie Johnson; three sisters, two brothers and numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents and siblings: Lyle, Hyle, Margie, Milton, Odin and Rex.
Kremer Funeral Home in service to the family.
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Many of us knew Helen for many years, and feel her loss a lot.
--Ladies' and Couples' Bridge Marathon.
Funeral services will be held on Jan. 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska.
She was a sweet, gracious lady. We enjoyed playing bridge with her and her husband, Mel.
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Funeral Leaflet
In Loving Memory of Helen Louise Johnson
July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Memorial Service 10:30 am Wednesday, January3, 2018, First Lutheran Church, 2146 Wright Street, Blair, Nebraska; Officiant: Pastor Pam Ciulla; Organist: Claire Cowing
Honorary Pallbearers: Casey Johnson, Mathew Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, Nicholas Kinder
Interment: The Columbarium of First Lutheran Church.
Our loved ones are still and always will be a part of us. They are the threads in our fabric and we cannot lose their love.—Darcie D. Sims
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.—Emily Dickinson
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e-mail notices from the Ladies' Bridge; obituary courtesy of the Washington County Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska; funeral leaflet courtesy of Kremer Funeral Home, Omaha, Nebraska
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July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Helen was born on July 21, 1941 in Bancroft, Nebraska to Edwin and Marie (Hermelbracht) Anderson. She was the eleventh of twelve children.
She graduated from Bancroft High School in May, 1959 and married Melvin Johnson of Oakland, Nebraska on August 23, 1959. They were blessed with four children: Lori, Timothy, Leslie and Candace.
Helen was a stay at home mom and kept the books for Mel’s construction company and worked part-time selling real estate until her youngest started junior high school. She worked at Drake Williams Steel as an associate buyer for 12 years. She then accepted a position with Hewlett Packard as a sales operations coordinator. She retired after 15 years. Helen liked to stay busy, so after a few years of retirement she went to work for Jackson Hewitt, preparing tax returns, and continued until her passing.
Helen was fortunate to be able to stay at home with her children and participate in many of their activities, including watching sports, 4-H, Girl Scouts, being a school Room Mother and driving to dance classes. In her spare time, she assisted Mel with bookkeeping and design for his home construction company.
Helen was also an avid bridge player, playing with women’s groups and also with Mel in couple’s groups. She was a huge Nebraska sports fan, enjoying football and women’s volleyball. She enjoyed traveling to see her children and grandchildren and also to spend quality time with Mel.
Sadly, Helen Johnson died December 28, 2017, surrounded by her loved ones in her family home. Her funeral will be at 1st Lutheran Church, Blair, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 3.
Left with memories are her husband of 58 years; daughter Lori (Cliff) Valley of San Antonio, TX, son Tim (Tracy) Johnson of Hartford, IA, daughter Leslie (Greg) Kinder of Sanger, CA and daughter Candi Johnson of Omaha, NE; five grandsons: Casey (Melissa) Johnson, Matt Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, and Nicholas Kinder; great-granddaughters, Scarlett and Josie Johnson; three sisters, two brothers and numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents and siblings: Lyle, Hyle, Margie, Milton, Odin and Rex.
Kremer Funeral Home in service to the family.
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Many of us knew Helen for many years, and feel her loss a lot.
--Ladies' and Couples' Bridge Marathon.
Funeral services will be held on Jan. 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska.
She was a sweet, gracious lady. We enjoyed playing bridge with her and her husband, Mel.
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Funeral Leaflet
In Loving Memory of Helen Louise Johnson
July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Memorial Service 10:30 am Wednesday, January3, 2018, First Lutheran Church, 2146 Wright Street, Blair, Nebraska; Officiant: Pastor Pam Ciulla; Organist: Claire Cowing
Honorary Pallbearers: Casey Johnson, Mathew Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, Nicholas Kinder
Interment: The Columbarium of First Lutheran Church.
Our loved ones are still and always will be a part of us. They are the threads in our fabric and we cannot lose their love.—Darcie D. Sims
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.—Emily Dickinson
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e-mail notices from the Ladies' Bridge; obituary courtesy of the Washington County Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska; funeral leaflet courtesy of Kremer Funeral Home, Omaha, Nebraska
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Helen Louise (Anderson) Johnson, 76
July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Helen was born on July 21, 1941 in Bancroft, Nebraska to Edwin and Marie (Hermelbracht) Anderson. She was the eleventh of twelve children.
She graduated from Bancroft High School in May, 1959 and married Melvin Johnson of Oakland, Nebraska on August 23, 1959. They were blessed with four children: Lori, Timothy, Leslie and Candace.
Helen was a stay at home mom and kept the books for Mel’s construction company and worked part-time selling real estate until her youngest started junior high school. She worked at Drake Williams Steel as an associate buyer for 12 years. She then accepted a position with Hewlett Packard as a sales operations coordinator. She retired after 15 years. Helen liked to stay busy, so after a few years of retirement she went to work for Jackson Hewitt, preparing tax returns, and continued until her passing.
Helen was fortunate to be able to stay at home with her children and participate in many of their activities, including watching sports, 4-H, Girl Scouts, being a school Room Mother and driving to dance classes. In her spare time, she assisted Mel with bookkeeping and design for his home construction company.
Helen was also an avid bridge player, playing with women’s groups and also with Mel in couple’s groups. She was a huge Nebraska sports fan, enjoying football and women’s volleyball. She enjoyed traveling to see her children and grandchildren and also to spend quality time with Mel.
Sadly, Helen Johnson died December 28, 2017, surrounded by her loved ones in her family home. Her funeral will be at 1st Lutheran Church, Blair, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 3.
Left with memories are her husband of 58 years; daughter Lori (Cliff) Valley of San Antonio, TX, son Tim (Tracy) Johnson of Hartford, IA, daughter Leslie (Greg) Kinder of Sanger, CA and daughter Candi Johnson of Omaha, NE; five grandsons: Casey (Melissa) Johnson, Matt Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, and Nicholas Kinder; great-granddaughters, Scarlett and Josie Johnson; three sisters, two brothers and numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents and siblings: Lyle, Hyle, Margie, Milton, Odin and Rex.
Kremer Funeral Home in service to the family.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many of us knew Helen for many years, and feel her loss a lot.
--Ladies' and Couples' Bridge Marathon.
Funeral services will be held on Jan. 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska.
She was a sweet, gracious lady. We enjoyed playing bridge with her and her husband, Mel.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Funeral Leaflet
In Loving Memory of Helen Louise Johnson
July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Memorial Service 10:30 am Wednesday, January3, 2018, First Lutheran Church, 2146 Wright Street, Blair, Nebraska; Officiant: Pastor Pam Ciulla; Organist: Claire Cowing
Honorary Pallbearers: Casey Johnson, Mathew Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, Nicholas Kinder
Interment: The Columbarium of First Lutheran Church.
Our loved ones are still and always will be a part of us. They are the threads in our fabric and we cannot lose their love.—Darcie D. Sims
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.—Emily Dickinson
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e-mail notices from the Ladies' Bridge; obituary courtesy of the Washington County Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska; funeral leaflet courtesy of Kremer Funeral Home, Omaha, Nebraska
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July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Helen was born on July 21, 1941 in Bancroft, Nebraska to Edwin and Marie (Hermelbracht) Anderson. She was the eleventh of twelve children.
She graduated from Bancroft High School in May, 1959 and married Melvin Johnson of Oakland, Nebraska on August 23, 1959. They were blessed with four children: Lori, Timothy, Leslie and Candace.
Helen was a stay at home mom and kept the books for Mel’s construction company and worked part-time selling real estate until her youngest started junior high school. She worked at Drake Williams Steel as an associate buyer for 12 years. She then accepted a position with Hewlett Packard as a sales operations coordinator. She retired after 15 years. Helen liked to stay busy, so after a few years of retirement she went to work for Jackson Hewitt, preparing tax returns, and continued until her passing.
Helen was fortunate to be able to stay at home with her children and participate in many of their activities, including watching sports, 4-H, Girl Scouts, being a school Room Mother and driving to dance classes. In her spare time, she assisted Mel with bookkeeping and design for his home construction company.
Helen was also an avid bridge player, playing with women’s groups and also with Mel in couple’s groups. She was a huge Nebraska sports fan, enjoying football and women’s volleyball. She enjoyed traveling to see her children and grandchildren and also to spend quality time with Mel.
Sadly, Helen Johnson died December 28, 2017, surrounded by her loved ones in her family home. Her funeral will be at 1st Lutheran Church, Blair, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 3.
Left with memories are her husband of 58 years; daughter Lori (Cliff) Valley of San Antonio, TX, son Tim (Tracy) Johnson of Hartford, IA, daughter Leslie (Greg) Kinder of Sanger, CA and daughter Candi Johnson of Omaha, NE; five grandsons: Casey (Melissa) Johnson, Matt Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, and Nicholas Kinder; great-granddaughters, Scarlett and Josie Johnson; three sisters, two brothers and numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents and siblings: Lyle, Hyle, Margie, Milton, Odin and Rex.
Kremer Funeral Home in service to the family.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many of us knew Helen for many years, and feel her loss a lot.
--Ladies' and Couples' Bridge Marathon.
Funeral services will be held on Jan. 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska.
She was a sweet, gracious lady. We enjoyed playing bridge with her and her husband, Mel.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Funeral Leaflet
In Loving Memory of Helen Louise Johnson
July 21, 1941 ~ December 28, 2017
Memorial Service 10:30 am Wednesday, January3, 2018, First Lutheran Church, 2146 Wright Street, Blair, Nebraska; Officiant: Pastor Pam Ciulla; Organist: Claire Cowing
Honorary Pallbearers: Casey Johnson, Mathew Valley, Ian Valley, Shawn Johnson, Nicholas Kinder
Interment: The Columbarium of First Lutheran Church.
Our loved ones are still and always will be a part of us. They are the threads in our fabric and we cannot lose their love.—Darcie D. Sims
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.—Emily Dickinson
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e-mail notices from the Ladies' Bridge; obituary courtesy of the Washington County Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska; funeral leaflet courtesy of Kremer Funeral Home, Omaha, Nebraska
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