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Mabel BREKKEN

Female 1907 - 2006  (98 years)


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  • Name Mabel BREKKEN 
    Birth 25 Jul 1907  Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 2006-MN-001059 
    Death 11 Jan 2006  Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1955, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Inga OLSON,   b. Abt 1880, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Spring Creek Cemetery, Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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