Funeral services for Johannah Niermier, age 84 of Morristown, will be held at 10:30am MT on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Christ Lutheran Church in Morristown with Rev. Nick Haasch, officiating. Burial will be at 10:00am Friday, June 19, 2015 at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Ludell, KS.

Serving as casketbearers are Gary Uhrig, Niles and Rudy Niermeier, Jerry Kling, Gary Miller, and Dennis Maier.

Visitation will be from 1:00 to 7:00pm on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.

Johannah Hanson was born on November 11, 1930 to Carl and Johannah (Berndt) Hanson at Mcallister, Kansas. She was baptized December 25th, 1920. She attended grades 1-6 at Pleasant Valley School and was confirmed May 28, 1944 at Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church.
Johanna graduated from Winona High School 1948. She was united in marriage to Pastor W.T. Niermeier in June of 1948. She was blessed with three children, Rodney, Michael and Barbara. She lived in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota. She played the organ for fifty years. In additional to the organ she played the accordion and enjoyed classical music and opera. At one time, Jo belonged to several "Sweet Adeline" chapters and sang in two quartets.

Jo passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND.

She is survived by her two sons, Rodney Niermeier and Michael Niermeier, both in Michigan, seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a brother, Carl Hanson, Jr.

Preceding her in death are her parents and a sister, "Lorene", as well as her husband, Wilbur and her daughter, Barbara.