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Sr M. Miriam Johnson

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Sr M. Miriam Johnson

Birth
Kaukauna, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
26 Dec 1978 (aged 90)
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
B B 4 11
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Sister Miriam Johnson, 90, died Tuesday evening in Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Thursday in Holy Family Convent Chapel. The Rev. Julian Resch O.Praem will officiate and burial will be in the convent cemetery.
Sister Miriam, nee Elizabeth Johnson, was born Oct. 7, 1888 in Kaukauna, daughter of the late Abraham and Sarah Hancock Johnson. She entered the Order of Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in 1910 and professed her vows in 1913. She served the community as a musician in Komatke, Ariz., Cooperstown, Brillion and Holy Family Convent and Memorial Hospital in West Point, Neb., retiring in 1964.
Survivors include a nephew, Harvey Johnson of Racine and a niece, Mrs. Ray Cherney of Green Bay and other nieces and nephews. Friends may call in the convent 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Wednesday evening, where a prayer service will be at 7 o'clock. Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1978 page 3.
Sister Miriam Johnson, 90, died Tuesday evening in Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Thursday in Holy Family Convent Chapel. The Rev. Julian Resch O.Praem will officiate and burial will be in the convent cemetery.
Sister Miriam, nee Elizabeth Johnson, was born Oct. 7, 1888 in Kaukauna, daughter of the late Abraham and Sarah Hancock Johnson. She entered the Order of Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in 1910 and professed her vows in 1913. She served the community as a musician in Komatke, Ariz., Cooperstown, Brillion and Holy Family Convent and Memorial Hospital in West Point, Neb., retiring in 1964.
Survivors include a nephew, Harvey Johnson of Racine and a niece, Mrs. Ray Cherney of Green Bay and other nieces and nephews. Friends may call in the convent 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Wednesday evening, where a prayer service will be at 7 o'clock. Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1978 page 3.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98702848/m_miriam-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Sr M. Miriam Johnson (7 Oct 1888–26 Dec 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98702848, citing Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Cemetery, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Aavedt (contributor 47229161).