This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wIB.2ACI/205.3 Message Board Post: I responded to your message last summer about the new address for the Johnsons. I thought you might like to have the following obituary information from the West Central Tribune (Willmar) online: Oral C. Johnson Dec. 16, 1922 – Oct. 4, 2003 WILLMAR -- Oral Conrad Johnson, 80, of Willmar died Saturday at his home. The service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Svea Lutheran Church with the Rev. Todd Lynum officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Memorials are preferred to Svea Lutheran Church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. He was born Dec. 16, 1922, in Whitefield Township, Kandiyohi County, to Oscar and Emma (Anson) Johnson. He grew up in the rural Svea community and attended the Svea school. He married Lucille Gieseke on May 9, 1945, in Raymond. He farmed for 50 years on the family farm in Whitefield Township. They moved to Willmar in 1995 after his retirement. He was a lifelong member of Svea Lutheran Church, where he was active on church committees, served as an usher, and was a member of the church board. He was also a former member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Svea School Board. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Marilyn (and John) Melecha of Rogers; three sons, Darrell (and Sharon) Johnson of Kandiyohi, Dean (and Pam) Johnson of Eau Claire, Wis., and Randy (and Lynn) Johnson of Willmar; one daughter-in-law, Lois (and Terry) Shaw of Willmar; 10 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Irma Schueler of Svea and Vivian Carlson of Willmar. He was preceded in death by one brother, two sisters and son Dalton Johnson.