The Funeral Service for Dorothy Johnson, age 96 of Lemmon, will be held at 1:30pm Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon. Pastor Carin Bear will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery.

Special music will be provided by Marilyn Willey.

Serving as casketbearers are her grandchildren.

DOROTHY MAY DALEY was born on November 12, 1920 in Hettinger, ND to Clarence and Hilda (Fuglesten) Daley. She grew up on a farm near the Cedar River north of Thunder Hawk and attended the Peterson School. Dorothy attended three years of high school in Lemmon and graduated from Thunder Hawk High School. She moved westward to Butte and then Dillon, Montana where she waitressed in cafés. During WWII, she moved to California where she was "Rosie the Riveter" in Santa Barbara for four years.

Dorothy moved back to North Dakota and attended Dickinson School where she earned her teaching certificate. She taught for one year at a school near the Daley farm. Dorothy moved into Lemmon and worked in a jewelry store for three years.


Dorothy was united in marriage to Elmer Johnson on February 28, 1949 in Bucyrus, ND. They began their life together on the Johnson family homestead north of Morristown. Dorothy and Elmer raised their family there and Dorothy continued to live on the farm until 2012. Her husband, Elmer passed away on November 14, 2002.


Due to Dorothy's failing health, she resided at Five Counties Nursing Home until her death on December 15, 2016.
Dorothy cherished spending time with her family.

She loved playing board games and was very competitive at whist and dominoes. Dorothy was a very confident and independent woman. At age 90, she used the 4-wheeler to get around the farm and never seemed to understand why her family worried. She enjoyed taking care of animals especially her dogs.

Surviving family members include her daughter and son-in-law, Myrna and Joe Deans, Lemmon, SD; 6 grandchildren, Trampas and Symantha Deans, Tristy and Jason Carroll, Justin and Allie Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Bleaux and Janel Johnson, and Tanner Johnson; 13 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren, one sister, Blanche Sands, Spearfish, SD; one sister-in-law, Marie Daley, Lemmon, SD; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, twin sons, Ronald on January 26, 2010 and Donald on February 3, 2011, 1 brother, Jim Daley, a sister, Joyce (Sal) Shisker, and 2 sisters in infancy; and a brother-in-law, Oral Sands.

Visitation will be on Tuesday from 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.