Helen L. Johnson
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Helen L. Johnson, 78, of Commerce City, Colo., died April 15, 1999, at her home.
She was born Sept. 27, 1920, to Hans and Mary Morrison Johnson at Arnold, Nebraska, where she attended school.
On Feb. 26, 1941, she married David A. Johnson in Gandy. The couple moved to Dunning, where she became a homemaker, until they moved to Portland, Ore. Upon returning to the Arnold area, during the time that her husband was in the service, she helped make many doughnuts and birthday cakes that were given to the soldiers during World War II at the North Platte Canteen. Later on, she owned and operated the Sportsman Cafe and the Goldenrod Cafe at Sidney.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Jane (Harold) Owens of North Platte and Susan Elaine (Melvin) Suedekum of Tempe, Ariz.; two sons, Thomas D. of Ft. Morgan, Colo., and Rodney H. (Debbie) of Commerce City; a sister, Ann Christensen of Kearney, and a brother, Hans L. Johnson of Juniata; seven grandchildren, Tonya (Max) Long of Glade, Kan., Sherri and Michael Suedekum of Tempe, Ariz., Randy Johnson of Arvada, Colo., Tim, Josh and Karen Johnson of Commerce City; four great-grandchildren, Skye and Brenna Long of Glade and Lyric and Christopher of Denver.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Jan. 1, 1999; her parents, two sisters, Mabel Andre and Christy Olson; a brother, John H. Johnson, and a granddaughter, Bonny Jane Owens.
Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Carpenter Memorial Chapel with Pastor Mark Hamel of the Phillipsburg, Kan., Wesleyan Church officiating. Burial will be in Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to service time Monday at Carpenter Memorial Chapel.