Obituary of Mildred Johnson

Mildred Alice Johnson was born on July 13, 1931, on the family farm in the Unwin district. She passed away, peacefully, at the Jubilee Home, Lloydminster, in the wee hours of the morning on August 28, 2011, with her children by her side. She had just celebrated her 80th birthday in July with her family. Mildred was predeceased by her husband, Gene Johnson; her parents, Hilding and Alice Matson; her older brother, Harry; and 2 infant brothers. Mildred will be missed by her 7 children: Gary Johnson and Lynne Wunder of Lloydminster; Donna and Grant Westgate of Lloydminster; Gwenda Johnson and Don Drury of Mortlach, Sask.; Valerie and Roger Roberge of Peachland, B.C.; Calvin Johnson and Debbie Brown of Lloydminster; Marilyn Johnson and Marty Jordan of Lloydminster; and Chad and Caroline Johnson of Lloydminster. She will also be missed by her 14 grandchildren and their families: Tyler and Rain Voss of Nelson, B.C.; Justus, Carol, Tyler, Kady and Aidan Voss of Lloydminster; Autumn, Brock, Vonya and Blu Hanson of Banff; Cole and Jocelyn Westgate of Edmonton; Joseph, Nichole, Jager and Hudson Roberge of Kelowna, B.C.; Rejean Roberge and Patrick Sibilleau of Edmonton; Robyn and Jeff Torry of Lloydminster; Matthew Johnson of Lloydminster; Kayelani Johnson and Jacetta Johnson of Lloydminster; Brittany and Daniel Cannon of Marsden; Chasity Burns, Tyson Orr and Tennley Orr of Lloydminster; Abigail and Beth Johnson of Lloydminster. Mildred is also survived by her sister, Diana and Bryce Whitlaw and their family of Lloydminster. Also by brothers-in-law, Lorenz and Betty Johnson of Lloydminster; and Teddy Fitch of Rivercourse; and sisters-in-law, Lorraine Giese of Stoney Plain; Geneva Richelhof of Calgary; and Gladys Johnson of Lloydminster, as well as numerous other relatives and friends. Funeral service for Mildred was conducted from First Lutheran Church, Lloydminster, on Sept. 1, 2011, with burial at Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Mildred's granddaughter, Robyn Torry, shared "Words of Remembrance". McCaw Funeral Service handled all funeral arrangements. The family would like to thank the caring and devoted staff at the Jubilee Home for treating our Mom with love, compassion and dignity for the past 7 years. Thank you also to Dr. Chan for your wisdom and understanding. Thank you to Robyn for sharing memories of Grandma and "the good times". Thank you to Brenda Findlay for your gift of music and to Reverend Ulmer and Arnold Pittao for your words of comfort and for officiating at the funeral service. Thank you to Mom's grandchildren for serving as her pallbearers and for honoring her at the gravesite. To the ladies of the Zion Church - thank you for a lovely lunch and for "ringing the bells". A sincere thank you to Glenn McCaw and all the staff at McCaw Funeral Service - we hope you know what a truly special group of people you are! To all who remembered Mom with cards, flowers, donations, food, visits, telephone and email messages - thank you. Please know that each compassionate gesture is truly appreciated. A special thank you to Donna and Grant for opening your home to all of us all week. Your generosity enabled us to share our stories, dry each others' tears and gain strength from being together. If we have missed anyone, please accept our sincere thanks. We have chosen to make a donation to the Zion Lutheran Church in lieu of formal thank you cards. Donations can be made to Canadian Diabetes Assoc., Jubilee Home Patient Comfort Fund, Zion Lutheran Church or charity of choice.