Johanna Adelaide Carlson

Johanna A. Carlson, age 93 of Belle Plaine, died on March 18, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine. Funeral Service will be at 10a.m. on Friday, March 21 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. John Meyer will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at church on Friday morning. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Johanna was born in Oak Park, IL on February 19, 1921 to LeRoy and Johanna (Rueb) Klenzendorf. She was baptized on March 20, 1921 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Oak Park. She was confirmed on Palm Sunday 1936 at St. Johns Lutheran in Bellwood, IL. She married Emil Carlson in St. Paul in 1941. They farmed near Belle Plaine until 1976 when they moved to town. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Lorraine Garcia, son Robert, grandson Jeffrey Sickman and brother Paul Klenzendorf. Johanna is survived by her children, Judith Sickmann of Glencoe, MN, David Carlson of Belle Plaine, MN, Richard (Nancy) Carlson of Jordan, MN, Ted (Carol) Carlson of Starbuck, MN, Janet Carlson of Belle Plaine, MN, Joyce (Cliff) Hughes of Shakopee, MN, 10 Grandchildren, 14 Great-Grandchildren, Many nieces and nephews.