Eleanor Delphine GRANSTROM

1917 - 2004  (86 years)

• Name	Eleanor Delphine GRANSTROM
  Birth	18 Dec 1917	North Dakota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2004-MN-029408
  Death	10 Oct 2004	Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
  	Eventide Lutheran Home
  Burial	14 Oct 2004	Prairie Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
  Notes	Her father was of Swedish descent, her mother Norwegian. In the 1940 census, she lived with her father and cousin in Blue Ridge, Williams County, North Dakota. She was a high school graduate. Eleanor D. (Granstrom) Johnson, 86, Moorhead, was welcomed into the arms of her Heavenly Father on Sunday, October 10, 2004. She had been residing at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, MN. Eleanor Granstrom was born December 18, 1917, the only child of C. E. and Della Granstrom. Born two miles south of Appam, ND, during a prairie blizzard, she later graduated from high school in Zahl, ND, and then attended Minot State Teachers College, Minot, ND. Following a courtship that included a number of church picnics, she married the love of her life, Cecil M. Johnson, the morning of Christmas Eve, 1941. The farmer's daughter and the local high school teacher were wed in the small, basement-only Lutheran Free Church in Appam. During their years together in service to the Lord and His church, Eleanor was often Sunday School Superintendent, taught hundreds of children "Jesus Loves Me", led Vacation Bible School, and sang. In her lilting soprano, she sang on the radio, sang in choirs, sang for countless funerals, and sang her treasured gospel hymns in her kitchen. She and her husband, Cecil, would often sing duets. He said he just held the music for her. It wasn't true. For over 50 years, a special interest of Eleanor's was the sponsorship of Korean orphans through World Vision. She served on the Board of the Comstock House and was a C-400 member. She is survived by her husband, Pastor Cecil Johnson; her children, Kathryn Benson, Moorhead, Pastor Timothy (Susan) Johnson, Anoka, MN, Sita (Norman) Johnson, Richfield, MN; 8 grandchildren, Jonathan (Jessica) Benson, Matthew (Lia) Benson, Peter (Becca) Benson, Micah (Amy Jo) Benson, Andrew (Maren) Johnson, Anna Johnson, Rebecca (Rick) Blood and Marjorie Johnson and 7 great grandchildren, Annika, Kai, Ava, Gabriel, Luke, Rachel and Aaron. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to: The Cecil and Eleanor Johnson Scholarship at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN or Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN.
  Person ID	I14202	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Cecil Milend JOHNSON,   b. 24 Nov 1918, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota d. 27 Dec 2005, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1941	Williams County, North Dakota
  Family ID	F8921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2021