Sadly, our Grandma J was taken from us. Here is the Obituary.
| Tressa E. Johnson | ||
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Born: Nov. 15, 1917; in Albion, Neb. Died: Oct. 31, 2007; in Lake Geneva, Wis. She was employed at Schultz Bros. Dime Store in Lake Geneva for many years LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Tressa E. Johnson, 89, formerly of Walworth Street in Lake Geneva, Wis., died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at Geneva Lake Manor Nursing Home in Lake Geneva. She was born Nov. 15, 1917, in Albion, Neb., to Guy and Elita Cooper Simons. She married Theodore Johnson in April 1941 in Iowa. He preceded her in death July 10, 1981. She was a member of First Evangeclical Lutheran Church in Lake Geneva and worked at Schultz Bros. Dime Store in Lake Geneva for many years. Survivors include two daughters, Trudy (Albert) May of Woodstock and Terri (Wayne) Parker of Lake Geneva; four grandchildren, Jennifer (Mike) Hollatz, Mary (Brian) Olbrich, Debra (Kent) Kindschy and Katie (Alan) Ainger; seven great-grandchildren; her sisters, Twila (Harold) Fender of Boise, Idaho, Joanne (Edward) Greenough of Lusk, Wyo., and Helen Townsend of Bassett, Neb.; and a brother, Guy Simons Jr. of Chadron, Neb. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Phyllis Reicks; and her brothers, Tom and John Simons. Private funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Steinke Funeral Home in Lake Geneva. The Rev. Verlyn J. Dobberstein of First Evangelical Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 262-248-2320. Published in the Northwest Herald on 11/3/2007. |
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Memories of Grandma J
The apartment on Geneva street with the
big front porch with all the windows. Family dinners in the apartment
on Geneva Street. Fighting with Mary & Deb to sit on the leaf on
top of the phone books. Having root beer floats in the Archie
jelly jars. Setting the table with the Currier & Ives dishes.
Watching Grandma make gravy years later and Mom saying she can’t make gravy as good as Grandma J.
(so I guess no more homemade gravy at
Mom’s house and she works in a kitchen!)
The glass swans that sat on
her buffet with the colored water in them. Reading the book on the history
of Rock County, NE with stories of her family living on Pony Lake and
Tom Phyllis and Grandma all rode the same horse to the one room schoolhouse
on the other side of Pony Lake.
Going to visit Grandma J at work at Schultz
Brothers and going up to see her on Thursdays (her day off) in the summer
to take her to the grocery store since she didn’t drive. After Grandpa
died, Grandma and I were learning how to drive at the same time and
she got her license before I did.
Grandma coming down to the house and
drinking her 7-7’s
Her sending not the typical “Grandmother
type” serious birthday cards. They always made you laugh.
Reading Grandma’s National Enquirer
and Star tabloids. Seeing All My Children at Grandma’s house.
Picking grapes at the apartment on Walworth.
Going up to Grandma’s in the summer
and making fun of all the Illinois drivers (tourists). Grandma coming
down to watch Katie when Mom and Dad were on one of their trips. Mind
you that Mary & I were out of school and working so we felt that
we didn’t need watching.
The doll that Grandma had with the hair
that you pulled out to make long and the crank in the back to shorten
the hair.
Her gorgeous white hair and hoping that
when I get gray (or should I say grayer) I want Grandma J’s hair it
will be something I will wear with pride.
We luv ya,
Grandma J
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