| . . . . in Memory of . . . . |
- Eleanor Johnson
A funeral service for Eleanor Johnson will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, June 12, 2009 at
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westby, Montana. Pastor Barb Westhoff will officiate and burial will
be in Westby Cemetery. Eleanor, 92, died on Sunday, June 7th at Sheridan Memorial Nursing
Home in Plentywood.
Eleanor was born October 28, 1916 south of Westby, Montana. She was raised by Hans and Anna
Andresen in Coalridge and Comertown areas of northeastern Montana and attended school in
Comertown. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Eleanor married Harold
Johnson in 1936 and together they raised ten children (four boys and six girls) on their farm located
east of Comertown. Eleanor resided on the family farm for thirty-two years, moving into Plentywood,
Montana in 1968 after the death of Harold. Eleanor entered the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home
in August of 2006.
- In her early years, Eleanor played piano and sang at many functions throughout the Comertown and
Dooley area and she played on the Comertown girls' basketball team. Eleanor was known
amongst her family as the BEST BREAD MAKER, making up to 21 loaves of bread per week (her
cabbage rolls weren't bad either).
family and friends and was always up for a game of cards. She especially loved to play Casino, Whist, Kings in the Corner and Hearts
and if she was unable to find someone to join her in a game of cards, she would spend hours on end playing Solitaire.
Eleanor is preceded in death by her parents, Hans and Anna Andresen, her husband Harold, son Robert, daughter-in-law Delores
Johnson, grandsons Tim Johnson and Mark Johnson, granddaughter Cleo Johnson and son-in-law John Brieland and one great-
granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Katherine Johnson who died soon after birth.
She is survived by her children: Richard (Doreen) Johnson of Westby, Montana; Marion (Roger) Paulsen of Williston, North Dakota; Carol
(Mike) Christianson of Longview, Washington; Betty (Ronnie) Boucher of Rochester, Washington; Christine (Clint) Combs of Centralia,
Washington; Carl (LaVonne) Johnson of Butte, Montana; Keith Johnson of Plentywood; Kathy (Mike) Lynch of Great Falls, Montana; and
Cindy (Robert) Sanderson of Portland, North Dakota. Also surviving are 32 Grandchildren, 76 Great Grandchildren and 6 Great Great
Grandchildren, with two more expected soon. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood is in charge of arrangements.
| 1916 - 2009 |
Remembering Eleanor