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Elsie Alene Boyd Johnson

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Birth	:	25 Jan 1924 Carpenter, Clark County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	24 Feb 2017 Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.2755080, -98.2158890
Description	:	Alene Johnson, age 93, of Huron, died Friday, February 24, 2017, at the SunQuest Healthcare Center. Her funeral service was Wednesday, March 1st, at the First Baptist Church. Burial was in the Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Elsie Alene Boyd was born January 25, 1924, to Leslie and Iva (Shead) Boyd at Carpenter, South Dakota. Her first eight grades were in a one-room schoolhouse at Carpenter. She graduated from Clark High School in 1942. Alene attended Northwest College of Commerce at Huron for a few months before becoming a legal secretary for Tom Luby, lawyer. She moved with her... Read More	Alene Johnson, age 93, of Huron, died Friday, February 24, 2017, at the SunQuest Healthcare Center. Her funeral service was Wednesday, March 1st, at the First Baptist Church. Burial was in the Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Elsie Alene Boyd was born January 25, 1924, to Leslie and Iva (Shead) Boyd at Carpenter, South Dakota. Her first eight grades were in a one-room schoolhouse at Carpenter. She graduated from Clark High School in 1942. Alene attended Northwest College of Commerce at Huron for a few months before becoming a legal secretary for Tom Luby, lawyer. She moved with her family to Huron in 1944. Alene held many secretarial and clerical positions at various establishments in Huron, including Northwestern Public Service, US Weather Bureau, Kiel Brothers Stationers, SD Farm Bureau, First Baptist Church, District Congregational Office, and also served as Deputy Clerk of Courts and Third Judicial Circuit Court Reporter. She was a court reporter for the Honorable Jon Fosheim and the Honorable Eugene Martin. She retired in 1986. On August 17, 1947, Alene married Hurley Johnson at Huron. Two children were born to this union. Volunteering was a major pastime in her retirement years. She volunteered extensively at First Baptist Church and Huron Regional Medical Center and also at Meals on Wheels, US Resource Conservation and Forestry, Huron Chamber of Commerce and Huron Area Senior Center. She was awarded “Volunteer of the Year” from HRMC twice, once in 2004 and again in 2013. She was honored with a 50 year plaque for membership in Bakers Dozen Extension Club, a 4,000 hour pin and 20 year pin from Volunteers of America. Alene held many offices at First Baptist Church including Deaconess, Sunday school teacher, office secretary, chairman of Diaconate, chairman and secretary of General Aid or American Baptist Women’s Ministries, as it is now called, and chairman and secretary of various circles. At the time of her death, she was volunteering every Wednesday morning as First Baptist Church secretary. Duties included sending letters to shut-ins, editing and publishing the bi-monthly newsletter, and assisting with the weekly bulletin. Her hobbies were crafts, oil painting, crocheting, knitting, embroidery and decorating cakes. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Cecil, Arthur, Albert and Delmer Boyd; two sisters, Myrtle (John) Genandt and Verna (Gene) Kant; and six in-laws. Grateful for having shared in her life are her husband of 69 years, Hurley Johnson of Huron; two children, Bruce (Marge) Johnson of Upper Cullen Lake, Minnesota and Zellwood, Florida and Mona (Kyle) Helseth of Sioux Falls; four grandchildren, Lori (Dale) Wormsbecher of Avon, Jacki (Bill) McCormick of Edmond, Oklahoma, Nathan Johnson of St. Louis Park, Minnesota and Casey (Lacey) Johnson of Robinsdale, Minnesota; nine great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; and a special nephew, Rod (Gerri) Boyd of Huron. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Elsie Alene Boyd Johnson's memorial is located at: Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, Beadle County, USA.
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Elsie Alene Boyd Johnson death on 24 Feb 2017 in Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.2755080
Longitude: -98.2158890

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Hurley Leotis Johnson

(1925 - 2020)

Siblings

Cecil Leslie Boyd

(1910 - 1991)

Myrtle R Boyd Genandt

(1917 - 1978)

Delmer Eugene Boyd

(1928 - 2011)

Verna D Boyd Kant

(1931 - 2001)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Restlawn Memory Gardens
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2755080, -98.2158890

2. Ideal Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3363991, -98.1952972

3. Riverside Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3396988, -98.1971970

4. Saint Martins Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3410988, -98.1830978

5. Aquilla Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1963997, -98.2313995

6. Robeson Family Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3787360, -98.2964300

7. Rest Haven Cemetery
Alpena, Jerauld County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1775017, -98.3563995

8. Virgil Cemetery
Virgil, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2904800, -98.4176700

9. Bonny Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1768000, -98.0505000

10. Cavour Cemetery
Cavour, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3776700, -98.0536700

11. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Cavour, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3782997, -98.0524979

12. Reformed Zoar Congregations Cemetery
Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1972010, -98.4468940

13. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Belle Prairie Township, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2341003, -97.9559021

14. Shue Creek Cemetery
Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4494019, -98.0725021

15. Silver Creek Cemetery
Silver Creek Township, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0764700, -98.1503700

16. Wolsey Cemetery
Wolsey, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4000015, -98.4546967

17. Fairview Cemetery
Lane, Jerauld County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1122017, -98.4113998

18. Riverside Colony Cemetery
Riverside Colony, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4837090, -98.1386260

19. Pearl Creek Colony Cemetery
Pearl Creek Colony, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3289110, -97.9165710

20. Eventide Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0600014, -98.2842026

21. Saint Wilfrid Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0602989, -98.2878036

22. Pioneers of 1882 Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0539060, -98.2914040

23. Saint Anthony's Catholic Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1478400, -97.9504400

24. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Wolsey, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3927994, -98.4985962