A memorial service for Lyla P. Johnson will be held Saturday, April 28, 2018 at St. Luke Lutheran Church, Wishek, ND at 11:00 AM.
Lyla P. Johnson, 97, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 in the Wishek Living Center. She was born June 7, 1920, the oldest of four children of Emil Pressler and Mary Kelle. Lyla was eight years old when her father died. The four children were raised to adulthood in Eureka, SD by her single mother with help from an uncle and aunt who lived next door.

Lyla married Art Johnson of Lehr, ND on March 24, 1943. After Art returned from Europe after WW II, she lived in Lehr until moving to the Wishek Living Center in July of 2010. She worked as a clerk in Grenz General Store in Lehr for more than 40 years. She was an active member of Grace Lutheran Church, the Lehr Thimble Bee and, later, the Lehr Lions.

She was preceded by her husband Art, all of her siblings: brother Emil (who died in Normandy in 1944), sister Violet, and brother Leo, as well as three nieces and nephews.

She is survived by sons Douglas (Kathy) of Madison, WI and Gordon (Debbie) of Rogers, ND, five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, six nieces and nephews, and two first cousins.

A memorial service will be held in the spring. Memorials, if you wish, may be given to the Wishek Living Center; Grace Lutheran Church, Lehr; St. Luke Lutheran Church, Wishek; or to the Lehr Lions Club.