IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Karen Ann
Johnson
February 4, 1941 – February 18, 2009
Obituary
Karen Johnson, 68, of Custer, SD, passed away February 18, 2009 at Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City after a long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare neurological disorder.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 23, 2009 at Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church with Pastor Jim Lindekugel and Pastor Kent Narum officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials be directed to Custer WEAVE or to the Society for PSP at Cure PSP, Executive Plaza III, 11350 McCormick Road, STE 906, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, in order to advance research in this debilitating disorder.
Karen was born Feb. 4, 1941, to Albert and Alvina Eggers at Sauk Center, Minn. Several years later, the family moved to Swea City, Iowa, where her father ran the local Gambles store. The family then moved to Mitchell, where she graduated from Mitchell High School in 1959. After her graduation, the family moved again, this time to Custer, and she attended Black Hills State Teachers College in Spearfish. After earning her teaching degree in 1963, she taught in Sturgis, Ft. Pierre and Hot Springs.
In 1969, she married James C. Johnson of Volin, and they had one daughter, Brenda. They resided in both Custer and Hot Springs while her husband worked for the Forest Service and she worked as a substitute teacher. After her husband's sudden death in 1978, Karen went back to school to begin a new career in law. After graduating from USD School of Law in 1982 she moved back to her beloved Custer, where she served as the deputy states attorney. Eventually, she ran for Custer County States Attorney and became the longest serving states attorney in Custer County history. She was heavily involved in Democratic politics, Business and Professional Women, Lions Club, WEAVE, and her church, serving in many capacities over the years.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Jim Haar and grandchildren Emily, Catherine, Thomas and William Haar of Rapid City; brother, Gene Eggers of Sand Springs, Okla.; nephews, Neil Eggers (Patti) of Birmingham, Ala., and Brian of Golden, Colo. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Arrangements have been placed in the care of McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Custer. Written condolences can be made at www.mccolleyschapels.com.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 23, 2009 at Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church with Pastor Jim Lindekugel and Pastor Kent Narum officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials be directed to Custer WEAVE or to the Society for PSP at Cure PSP, Executive Plaza III, 11350 McCormick Road, STE 906, Hunt Valley, MD 21031, in order to advance research in this debilitating disorder.
Karen was born Feb. 4, 1941, to Albert and Alvina Eggers at Sauk Center, Minn. Several years later, the family moved to Swea City, Iowa, where her father ran the local Gambles store. The family then moved to Mitchell, where she graduated from Mitchell High School in 1959. After her graduation, the family moved again, this time to Custer, and she attended Black Hills State Teachers College in Spearfish. After earning her teaching degree in 1963, she taught in Sturgis, Ft. Pierre and Hot Springs.
In 1969, she married James C. Johnson of Volin, and they had one daughter, Brenda. They resided in both Custer and Hot Springs while her husband worked for the Forest Service and she worked as a substitute teacher. After her husband's sudden death in 1978, Karen went back to school to begin a new career in law. After graduating from USD School of Law in 1982 she moved back to her beloved Custer, where she served as the deputy states attorney. Eventually, she ran for Custer County States Attorney and became the longest serving states attorney in Custer County history. She was heavily involved in Democratic politics, Business and Professional Women, Lions Club, WEAVE, and her church, serving in many capacities over the years.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Jim Haar and grandchildren Emily, Catherine, Thomas and William Haar of Rapid City; brother, Gene Eggers of Sand Springs, Okla.; nephews, Neil Eggers (Patti) of Birmingham, Ala., and Brian of Golden, Colo. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Arrangements have been placed in the care of McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Custer. Written condolences can be made at www.mccolleyschapels.com.
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