Obit: Johnson, Axel (1880 - 1861)

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Surnames: Johnson, Aldinger, Hanson, Blanke

----Source: ABBOTSFORD TRIBUNE (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 07/06/1961

Johnson, Axel (23 MAR 1880 - 29 JUN 1861)

Funeral services for Axel Johnson, 81, who died Thursday, June 29, 1961, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Polnaszek Funeral Home.  The Rev. F. H. Sprengler of Christ Lutheran Church conducted the services during which Miss Dorothy Kieser and Mrs. Weldon Brown Jr. sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Abide with Me."

Interment was made in Memorial Cemetery, Dorchester.  Pallbearers were Ole Hanson, Henry Hingas, William Kalepp, Martin Larson, Albert Leichtnam and Francis Wiese.

Flower girls were the Misses Lynn Carlson, Jeanette Haas, Lila K..?, Joann Lukas and Juanita Wies.

Relatives and friends from away who attended the funeral were Mrs. Sevald Hansen, Cloquet, Minn., Garry Aldinger, Milwaukee, Ed Aldinger, Merrillan, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Burlingame, Alma Center, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dayton and Mrs. William C. Arndt, Neillsville.

Axel Johnson was born March 23, 1880, in Sweden, and came to America with his parents when he was a year old.  They settled on a farm in the town of Mayville (Clark Co., Wis.).  Mr. Johnson worked on the railroad, drove a school bus, operated the parental farm, and in later years worked as a carpenter for Harold Christiansen on his farm.

In 1952, he moved to the William Kalepp farm, two miles northeast of Abbotsford, in the town of Holton, and continued employment with Mr. Christiansen.

On March 22, 1928 he was married to Elsie Aldinger, who preceded him in death on May 11, 1947.

The last few years, his health was poor, and on May 23, he entered St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, and from there was transferred, on June 14, to Auburndale Nursing Home, where his death occurred.

He is survived by two granddaughters, a grandson and one great-grandson, and one sister, Mrs. Sevald (Edna) Hansen of Cloquet, Minn.

Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a foster daughter, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Blanke of Watertown, Wis.  His brother, Albin Johnson, died in May 1958.