Elmer O. Johnson 1912 - 2008 Munsing, Michigan

Elmer O. Johnson
BIRTH
1 Dec 1912
Munising, Alger County, Michigan, USA
DEATH
22 Feb 2008 (aged 95)
Munising, Alger County, Michigan, USA
BURIAL
Maple Grove Cemetery
Munising, Alger County, Michigan, USA
MEMORIAL ID
139237887 · View Source
MEMORIAL
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Elmer O. Johnson
U.S. Veteran
(December 1, 1912 - February 22, 2008)

Elmer O. Johnson, age 95, of 708 Cedar Street, Munising, died under the loving care of his family and North Woods Hospice on Friday, February 22, 2008, at 11:24 p.m. at his home.

He was born in Munising at Frog Hollow to Karl and Agnes (Thunberg) Johnson on December 1, 1912.

Elmer learned Swedish as his primary language, and at the age of seven, he and his family moved west….two blocks west to the home where he raised his own family. Elmer went to school at the Westward School (which became known as Lincoln School) and then graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1932. He worked in the area as a lumberjack and was an avid ski jumper. At the age of eighteen, he made his own sailboat to sail on the Lake. Elmer …

Family Members
Parents

Agnes Whilmina Thunberg Johnson
1880–1943

Spouse

Helen Ruth Johnson Johnson
1925–2006 (m. 1949)

Siblings

Axel Johnson
1907–1934

Children
Beverly Sue Johnson
1964–1968