Mabel BREKKEN

1907 - 2006  (98 years)

• Name	Mabel BREKKEN
  Birth	25 Jul 1907	Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2006-MN-001059
  Death	11 Jan 2006	Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
  Burial	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	Her obituary in the Brainerd Dispatch: Mabel Johnson, 98, of Brainerd, formerly of Minneapolis and Kerkhoven, Minn., died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. Services for Mabel will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006, at the First Evangelical Free Church at 5150 Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minn., with the Rev. Joel Sutton officiating. There will be a visitation one hour prior to services at the church. Interment to follow at Lakewood Cemetery. Mabel was born July 25, 1907, in Kerkhoven Township in Swift County, the daughter of Lars and Inga (Olson) Brekken. She married David J. Johnson in 1926. She moved from Swift County to Minneapolis with her husband in 1951. Mabel worked as an assembly line worker at Honeywell for many years until her retirement at age 65. She enjoyed keeping busy. She also liked gardening and crocheting. Mabel was a member of the First Evangelical Free Church in Minneapolis, where she was an active member of the ladies guild. Mabel was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Skansberg, Mrs. Lillie Ellingboe, Mrs. Bernice Hallberg and Mrs. Olga Larson; her brothers, Olaf Brekken and Melvin Brekken; and daughter-in-law, Deloris. She is survived by her son, Chester (Carol Ann) Johnson, of Baxter; her daughter, Vivian Johnson, of Baxter; her grandchildren, Kathy (Doug) Kick, of New Prague, Linnae (Tom) Halvorsen, of Rochester, Penny (Mark) Koosman, of Corcoran, Susan (Casey) Guy, of Elk River, and Patti (Bill) Barrett, of Arizona; nine great-grandsons; nine great-granddaughters; and one great-great-granddaughter. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter/Brainerd.
  Person ID	I10938	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Lars M BREKKEN,   b. 1 Jan 1873, Norway d. 12 Dec 1955, Swift County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Inga OLSON,   b. Abt 1880, Norway bur. Spring Creek Cemetery, Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F4495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David J JOHNSON
  Marriage	1926
  Family ID	F8246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2007