Geda Eletta JOHNSON

1897 - 1982  (85 years)

• Name	Geda Eletta JOHNSON
  Birth	16 Jul 1897	Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Jul 1982	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Burial	28 Jul 1982	Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	Doesn’t seem to be listed in the 1905 state census but she is listed in the 1910 census. In the 1905 state census she is listed with the household of her aunt and uncle: Theodore and Martha. One source refers to her as Geda Eletta. An obit: Mrs. Geda E. Moe, 85, 116 E. Bancroft, died Friday, July 23, at Lake Region Hospital. Services are scheduled for 10 a .m. Wednesday, July 28, at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. James Armstrong officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery. The daughter of Charles and Mary (Bjertness) Johnson, she was born July 16, 1897, in Fergus Falls. A life member of Zion Lutheran Church, she was baptized and confirmed there. On Dec. 1, 1917, she married Phillip J. Moe. The couple moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and she resided in Iowa while her husband was stationed in the military service there during World War I. She returned to Fergus Falls when her husband was sent overseas. Also spending a time in Wisconsin, she resided in Fergus Falls most of her life. Her husband died in September 1978. She had served as president of the ladies aid at Zion Lutheran Church, had been president and treasurer of the Pioneer Home Sunshine Society and was a member of the World War I Barracks Auxiliary. She was moderator of a local Saturday morning radio program, "The Christian Woman Speaks." Surviving are a son, Phillip J. Moe Jr., Campbell, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Otto (Ruth) Kvernstoen, Fergus Falls, Mrs. Dwain (Nancy) Tollefson, Crookston; 16 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Visitation is this evening and all day Tuesday at the Olson Funeral Home, continuing at church one hour prior to services Wednesday morning.
  Person ID	I12938	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Carl Henrik Johannessen (Charles) JOHNSON,   b. 13 Dec 1851, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 28 May 1916, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Christine Marie BJERTNESS,   b. 24 May 1862, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 5 Jul 1935, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1881	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phillip Johannes MOE,   b. 19 Oct 1894, Hanska, Brown County, Minnesota d. 22 Sep 1978, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1917
  Children	1. Ruth Marie MOE,   b. 13 Jan 1919, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 12 May 2005, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   2. Phillip James MOE, Jr,   b. 21 Feb 1925, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 7 Dec 1991, Tuolumne County, California (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F9688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2012