Details

Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271638
Title: Frances Johnson
Date: 7/31/1936-6/5/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 7/31/1936
Summary: Faithful wife and mother, avid reader, baker of exceptional pies and cookies, this tenacious, strong-minded, woman Frances Johnson was born on July 31,1936, to Martin and Gisella Huss in Sykeston, ND, and died peacefully on June 5, 2025, at the age of 88 years. A Mass of Christian burial was held June 11, 2025, at St. Elizabeth’s Church, Sykeston. Burial was at the St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Cemetery, Sykeston. Fran graduated from Sykeston Public School in 1954 and worked for 3M in St. Paul after high school. On October 11, 1958, Fran married Merlyn Johnson and together they raised four children on their family farm outside of Sykeston. She taught by example the value of hard work and taking pride in a job well-done. Fran worked for many years as the gaming manager for the Carrington Youth Center. She and Merlyn enjoyed spending a few winter months in Boulder City, NV, where she would work as a casino dealer. She found joy in her yard and flower gardens, especially her tidal wave petunias, and passed that joy onto her children. Attracted by her lively personality and ability to listen, many people considered Fran a friend. Fran is survived by her four children, Marcy (Mark) Syman, Stillwater MN, Lisa (Paul) Klocke, Carrington, ND, Wesley (Camey) Johnson, Washburn, ND, and Alison (Shane) Schumann, Carrington; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; sister, Hilda Rafferty; sisters and brothers in-law, Shirley Huss, Yvonne and Bob Miller, and Steve and Jeanette Johnson; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; parents-in-law, Victor and Beatrice Johnson; her brother, George Huss; sister, Margaret Linhart; sister-in-law, Vickie Sarro; and brother-in-law, Lowell Johnson.
Red ID: FND_I_79134 Image ID: 528852 Image Notes: FND001 271638

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.

Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.