A funeral service for Eleanor Johnson is at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2009, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Westby, Mont. The Rev. Barb Westhoff is officiating and burial is in Westby Cemetery.

Eleanor, 92, died on Sunday, June 7, 2009, at the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home, Plentywood.

Eleanor was born Oct. 28, 1916, south of Westby, Mont. She was raised by Hans and Anna Andresen in the Coalridge and Comertown areas of northeastern Montana and attended school in Comertown. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.

Eleanor married Harold Johnson in 1936 and together they raised 10 children (four boys and six girls) on their farm located east of Comertown. Eleanor resided on the family farm for 32 years, moving into Plentywood in 1968 after the death of Harold. Eleanor entered the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in August 2006.

In her early years, Eleanor played piano and sang at many functions throughout the Comertown and Dooley area and she played on the Comertown girls’ basketball team. Eleanor was known among her family as the best bread maker, making up to 21 loaves of bread per week (her cabbage rolls weren’t bad either). She loved driving in the country, going for pie with family and friends and her yard and flowers. Eleanor enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and was always up for a game of cards. She especially loved to play casino, whist, kings in the corner and hearts, and if she was unable to find someone to join her in a game of cards, she would spend hours on end playing solitaire.

Eleanor is preceded in death by her parents, Hans and Anna Andresen; her husband, Harold; son, Robert; daughter-in-law, Delores Johnson; grandsons, Tim Johnson and Mark Johnson; granddaughter, Cleo Johnson; son-in-law, John Brieland and one great-granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Katherine Johnson who died soon after birth.

She is survived by her children, Richard (Doreen) Johnson of Westby, Mont., Marion (Roger) Paulsen of Williston Carol (Mike) Christianson of Longview, Wash., Betty (Ronnie) Boucher of Rochester, Wash., Christine (Clint) Combs of Centralia, Wash., Carl (LaVonne) Johnson of Butte, Mont., Keith Johnson of Plentywood, Kathy (Mike) Lynch of Great Falls, Mont., and Cindy (Robert) Sanderson of Portland, N.D Also surviving are 32 grandchildren, 76 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren, with two more expected soon. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

The Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood is in charge of arrangements.