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Lillian (Mrs. Glenn) Johnson Apr 02 2008
Funeral Mass for Lillian Marie (Mrs. Glenn) Johnson, age 75, of Watertown, SD will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008 in the Holy Name Catholic Church, Watertown. Fr. John Lantsberger will officiate. Music will be provided by Donna Williams as organist and Blaine Martian as song leader. Lillian passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at a care center in Watertown, following a long, courageous battle with cancer. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, SD. Honorary pallbearers will be Lillian’s granddaughters: Robyn and Kristyne Walth; Katelynn and Kitty Horst; and Sydney and Bailey Hintz. Active pallbearers will be: Harold Nogelmeier; Darwin Stadley; Al Stoltenburg; Lillian’s brother-in-law, Melvin Basgall; and grandsons, Kyle Horst and Josef Walth. Visitation will be in the Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown on Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. with a 3:30 p.m. Rosary and a 7:00 p.m. Scripture Wake service. Visitation will resume on Saturday prior to services at the church. The family is requested to meet at the church on Saturday by 12:30 p.m. to attend the services. Lillian was born on September 21, 1932 on the family farm in Rush County, KS to Adolph and Otilla (Kohl) Herrman. She grew up and attended schools at Rush Center and Liebenthal, KS before graduating from LaCrosse High School in 1951. On January 21, 1953, Lillian married Glenn D. Johnson at LaCrosse, KS. The couple lived in various towns in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota while Glenn pursued his work in power line construction, until settling in Watertown in 1957. After many years of being a devoted wife, mother and homemaker, Lillian began work as a nurse’s aide at Jenkins Nursing Home in 1986. She retired from there in 2001. She was a long-time member of Holy Name Parish where she participated in many church activities. Lillian was famous for her superior housekeeping skills and she especially enjoyed cooking festive holiday meals for family and friends. One of her greatest interests was researching her family tree and German-Russian heritage. She also enjoyed gardening, crafts, furniture refinishing and reupholstery. Lillian is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband, Glenn; three daughters: Glenda and her husband, Robert Walth, of Brandon, SD; Wanda and her husband, Thomas Horst, of Sachee, TX; and Linda and her husband, Douglas Hintz, of Canby, MN; eight grandchildren; one sister, Judy, and her husband, Melvin Basgall, of Weatherford, OK; aunts, uncles and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Lynn Joseph, and one grand nephew, Kendle Basgall.

Lillian (Mrs. Glenn) Johnson
Apr 02 2008

Funeral Mass for Lillian Marie (Mrs. Glenn) Johnson, age 75, of Watertown, SD will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008 in the Holy Name Catholic Church, Watertown. Fr. John Lantsberger will officiate. Music will be provided by Donna Williams as organist and Blaine Martian as song leader. Lillian passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at a care center in Watertown, following a long, courageous battle with cancer.

Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, SD. Honorary pallbearers will be Lillian’s granddaughters: Robyn and Kristyne Walth; Katelynn and Kitty Horst; and Sydney and Bailey Hintz. Active pallbearers will be: Harold Nogelmeier; Darwin Stadley; Al Stoltenburg; Lillian’s brother-in-law, Melvin Basgall; and grandsons, Kyle Horst and Josef Walth.

Visitation will be in the Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown on Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. with a 3:30 p.m. Rosary and a 7:00 p.m. Scripture Wake service. Visitation will resume on Saturday prior to services at the church. The family is requested to meet at the church on Saturday by 12:30 p.m. to attend the services.

Lillian was born on September 21, 1932 on the family farm in Rush County, KS to Adolph and Otilla (Kohl) Herrman. She grew up and attended schools at Rush Center and Liebenthal, KS before graduating from LaCrosse High School in 1951.

On January 21, 1953, Lillian married Glenn D. Johnson at LaCrosse, KS. The couple lived in various towns in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota while Glenn pursued his work in power line construction, until settling in Watertown in 1957. After many years of being a devoted wife, mother and homemaker, Lillian began work as a nurse’s aide at Jenkins Nursing Home in 1986. She retired from there in 2001.

She was a long-time member of Holy Name Parish where she participated in many church activities. Lillian was famous for her superior housekeeping skills and she especially enjoyed cooking festive holiday meals for family and friends. One of her greatest interests was researching her family tree and German-Russian heritage. She also enjoyed gardening, crafts, furniture refinishing and reupholstery.

Lillian is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband, Glenn; three daughters: Glenda and her husband, Robert Walth, of Brandon, SD; Wanda and her husband, Thomas Horst, of Sachee, TX; and Linda and her husband, Douglas Hintz, of Canby, MN; eight grandchildren; one sister, Judy, and her husband, Melvin Basgall, of Weatherford, OK; aunts, uncles and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, Lynn Joseph, and one grand nephew, Kendle Basgall.

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