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Addoris Evelyn JOHNSON

Female 1908 - 2005  (96 years)


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  • Name Addoris Evelyn JOHNSON 
    Birth 31 Jan 1908  North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Jan 2005  Maddock, Benson County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at Memorial Home
    Notes 
    • Her obit on Find A Grave, from the Benson County Farmers Press, Feb. 2, 2005, page 12:

      The funeral for Addoris Toso, 96, of Maddock, formerly of Esmond, was at Trinity Lutheran Church in Esmond. Interment will be in the spring at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, rural Esmond. She died Jan. 29, 2005 at the Maddock Memorial Home. The Nelson Funeral Home of Esmond was in charge of arrangements.

      Addoris E. Johnson was born Jan. 31, 1908 in Broe Township near Baker to Bernhard and Gina Baglien Johnson. She was reared there and attended the Baker School, graduating in 1925. She worked at home until her marriage to Ernest Toso Oct. 19, 1929. They farmed in Isabel Township near Esmond. They moved into Esmond in 1977 but continued to farm until retiring in 1983. He died April 14, 1985. In 2003 she moved to the Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake for a time until entering the Maddock Memorial Home.

      She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Esmond. the Immanuel Lutheran WELCA and the Esmond Golden Age Club. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, gardening, canning and fashioning clothing.

      Survivors include three daughters, Elaine (Mrs. Rodney) Sundby of Rothsay, Minn., LaVern (Mrs. James) Leier of Devils Lake and Janice (Mrs. Gene) Reierson of Esmond; two sons, Richard (Dorothy) Toso of Everett, Wash. and Gary Toso of Mancos, Colo.; 21 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Florence Johnson of Maddock and Mildred "Pat" Johnson of Sarasota, Fla.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter-in-law, Janice Toso; seven brothers, Norris, Roy, Clarence, Vernon, Gordon, Orville and Lorrain Johnson; and two sisters, Gladys Matheson and Lillian Toso.
    Person ID I9707  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Father Bernhard Seivert JOHNSON,   b. 5 Apr 1876, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1929, Baker, Benson County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Guria Maria BAGLIEN,   b. 9 Jan 1885, Oscar Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1938, Baker, Benson County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1902  Fish Lake, Benson County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ingeman Ernest TOSO,   b. 16 Jan 1907, Esmond, Benson County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1985, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1929 
    Family ID F7279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020