Susan Johnson, 70
Blue Earth Susan Johnson, age 70, of Blue Earth, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Parkview Care Center, Wells. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth, the Rev. Vic Vriesen officiated. Burial was in Vernon Center Cemetery, Vernon Center.
Susan was born April 7, 1944, at Mankato, the daughter of Irvin and Harriet (Seitz) Krosch. She was raised in the Garden City area where she was a 1962 graduate of Garden City High School. She attended Mankato State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in education. Susan began teaching and was soon married to Larry Peterson in July of 1965. The couple had two children. Susan loved God, her family and friends. She was a teacher, a published author and speaker, which gave her life joy and fulfillment. Susan wrote stories for Land Magazine for over 30 years and published a book regarding growing up on a farm in southern Minnesota. Following Larry’s death she was united in marriage to Stanley Johnson on Dec. 23, 2006, in Blue Earth.
Susan is survived by her husband, Stanley Johnson, of Blue Earth; son, Wade (DeeAnn) Peterson, of New Ulm; daughter, Sarah (Mike) Summerbell, of Andover; brother, Kevin (Katherine) Krosch, of Mankato; sisters, Debby (Wayne) Hohenstein, of Vernon Center; Leslie (Bruce) McCormack, of Springtown, Texas, Becky Fox, of Middleton, Wis., Rachel (Dean) Depuydt, of Mankato; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and first husband.
Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com