Margaret Johnson née Kelsh

Obituary of Margaret Ann Johnson née Kelsh

On the evening of January 26, 2015 Margaret Ann Johnson née Kelsh passed away peacefully surrounded by family. Margaret was born in Fargo, ND on May 8, 1944, the oldest child of Francis (Cy) August and Helen Josephine Kelsh. She spent her early years in Oakes, ND. Graduate of Oakes High School in 1962, Graduated from the University of ND-Ellendale Branch in 1966. Married Clyde Lyle Johnson on August 17, 1979, who she divorced in 1982. She taught school in Souris, ND and Mandan, ND. In 1968 she moved to Minneapolis, MN where she held many different jobs until September 1985 when she started working for the Immigration & Naturalization Service at Fort Snelling. She spent 22 years with INS in Minneapolis, Florence, AZ, and Oakdale, LA. She retired in 2006 when she moved to Rogers, MN. Margaret was preceeded in death by her parents and grandparents, Michael and Karoline Kunz, and Timothy (TJ) and Catherine Kelsh, aunts and uncles on both sides of her family. Left to mourn her is sister Kathy (Norm), brother Tom (Wanda), son Alex Francis Kelsh of Minneapolis, MN and daughter Suzanne (Jacob) Sevlie of Rogers, MN. She has four grandchildren, Ava, Nadia, and Benjamin Sevlie and Olivia Kelsh. Services will be held at Cremation Society of Minnesota in Brooklyn Park, MN on February 7th, 2015. Visitation at 10am, service 11am and reception to follow.
A Memorial Tree was planted for Margaret
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