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Earl Cecil Johnson

Male 1920 - 2014  (94 years)


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  • Name Earl Cecil Johnson 
    Born 10 May 1920  Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jun 2014  Wisconsin Rapids, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried All Souls Cemetery, Rudolph, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I283654  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2015 

    Father Anthony Johnson,   b. 27 Oct 1887, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1946  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Anna Rose Joosten,   b. 28 Sep 1895, Rushville, Sheridan Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1992, Port Edwards, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 19 Oct 1915  Rudolph, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F52826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Pagels,   b. 28 Mar 1920, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 2012, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1942 
    Children 
     1. Donna Marie Johnson
     2. Sharon Ann Johnson
     3. LInda Lou Johnson
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F171186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Earl C. Johnson, 94, Wisconsin Rapids, a town of Carson native, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Pine Ridge Assisted Living in Wisconsin Rapids.

      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 28, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids, with the Rev. Sahayanathan Nathan officiating. Burial will be at All Souls Cemetery in Rudolph, with military rites provided by American Legion Post 485 of Rudolph.

      Visitation will be at Ritchay Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 27, and at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday until the services. There will be a Knights of Columbus rosary at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

      Memorials may be given in his name to Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church or to Ministry Home Care Hospice.

      Condolences may be offered online at www.ritchayfuneralhome.com.

      Mr. Johnson was born May 10, 1920, in the town of Carson, a son of the late Anthony and Anna (Joosten) Johnson.

      He was married to Margaret "Peg" Pagels Sept. 12, 1942, at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids. She died May 23, 2012.

      He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942-1945. He served in the European Theater with Patton's Third Army, winning four battle stars.

      He was employed at Nekoosa/Port Edwards Paper Co. for 40 years, retiring in August 1982.

      He was a member of American Legion Post 485 of Rudolph, a Third and Fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1558 of Wisconsin Rapids, a member of the Wisconsin Rapids Senior Center; a member of St. Mary's Senior Citizens and a member of AARP.

      Survivors include three daughters, Donna (John) Budzinski, Rudolph, Shary (Larry) Schmies, Wisconsin Dells, and Lindy (Bob) Pfender, Wisconsin Rapids; one brother, Jerome (Darlene) Johnson, Nekoosa; three sisters, Marie Hamm, Wisconsin Rapids, Lois Bathke, Wisconsin Rapids, and Jane Johnson, Nekoosa; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

      He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Harry Johnson and Clayton Johnson; and three sisters, Mildred Steege, Hazel Kampschoer and Armelda Koller.