Murriel Lorraine AUSEN

1922 - 2017  (94 years)

• Name	Murriel Lorraine AUSEN
  Birth	23 Jul 1922	Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Confirmation	Norwegian Lutheran Church, Amery, Wisconsin
  Death	7 Jul 2017	Snohomish County, Washington
  Burial	24 Jul 2017	Balsam Lake Cemetery, Polk County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Moved to Washington in January of 2001. Carl moved into the Warm Beach Nursing Home in March of 2001. In July of 2011 she went into a nursing home because of a compressed fracture of the vertebrae. Murriel Lorraine Johnson was born on July 23, 1922, in Amery, Wisconsin, to Martin and Gertrude Ausen.  She graduated from Amery High School in 1940.  After graduation, Lorraine worked in the dietary department of Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While waiting at the Minneapolis bus depot, Lorraine got to know her future husband, Carl Johnson, who was also waiting for the same bus to return to his hometown of Amery.  The two were married June 19, 1944, before Carl was shipped overseas during WW II. For a short time they lived in the San Francisco area close to the Navy base so they could be near each other when Carl’s ship was in dock.  Upon returning to Minneapolis to live, they had two daughters, Peggy and Nancy.  When the girls were in grade school, Lorraine went back to work pursuing a retail career at Powers Department Store in St Paul where she managed different departments until retirement. For twelve years, Lorraine and Carl enjoyed entertaining a host of guests in their beautiful retirement home on Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.  In 2000, they moved to the Warm Beach Senior Community to be near their daughter, Nancy, and her family.  Carl entered nursing care shortly after arriving in Washington and died five years later from Parkinson’s disease. Lorraine has greatly enjoyed her grandchildren, Thad Johan Nelson and wife, Abby, of Stanwood; and Cherith Joy Lee and husband, Chad, of Lake Stevens and her great grandchildren (Preston, Eli, Julie and Clara.)  Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband, Carl, and oldest daughter, Peggy Lamb.
  Person ID	I361	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Martin (Mike) AUSEN,   b. 9 Sep 1894, Naples Twp, Buffalo County, Wisconsin d. 27 Sep 1985, Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Elizabeth ENGEL,   b. 15 Sep 1899, Pepin County, Wisconsin d. 16 Sep 1971, Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1917
  Family ID	F463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Karl (Carl) Ragnar (Ranger) JOHNSON,   b. 20 Sep 1920, Polk County, Wisconsin d. 27 Sep 2005, Washington (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1944	Wisconsin
  	Carl and Lorraine eloped. Carl’s sister Anna stood up for them but had to keep the elopement a secret from Lorraine’s family.
  Children	1. Peggy Anne JOHNSON,   b. 29 Jan 1947, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 13 Jul 1982, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022