Dorothy Johnson, age 88, of Harmony, died Saturday, March 25 at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony, Minn. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 30 at Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until time of services at the church. Lindstrom Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Dorothy was born December 1, 1928 near Harmony, Minn., to Arnold and Loretta (Schneekloth) Afseth. She attended school in Harmony and graduated in 1946. In 1955 she married Norman Johnson, and together they lived in Harmony their entire married life. Dorothy worked as a nurse’s aide at the Harmony Hospital and Nursing Home for her entire working career. She and Norman loved traveling and dancing.
Dorothy is survived by a daughter: Virginia (Al) Avila of Cheyenne, Wyo.; two sons: Rowland and Brian (Shelle) Johnson, both of Harmony; three granddaughters: Kinzee Hovey, Rachel Guiterrez, and Renee Van Aelstyn; two grandsons: Jesse Johnson and Mitch Johnson; a step grandson, Stephen Avila; a great-grandson, Dominic Guiterrez; and a brother, James (Gayla) Afseth of St. Charles, Minn. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, husband Norman, and two sisters: Betty Harstad and Lois Mutschler.
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