Alice May Moen was born on March 25, 1922, in Spooner, Wisconsin, to parents Martin and Carrie (Young) Moen. She attended and graduated from the Spooner Schools in 1940. Alice married August Johnson and lived on their farm in Trego where they raised their six children and had a variety of farm animals and crops. Alice also worked at the Trego Dinner Bell for many years and later at the Shell Lake Boat Factory. Alice was a religious person, and enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and many other crafts in which she was very good at with some people even calling her room "Alice's Boutique". Many will remember Alice for her wonderful laugh. ...
Alice May Moen was born on March 25, 1922, in Spooner, Wisconsin, to parents Martin and Carrie (Young) Moen. She attended and graduated from the Spooner Schools in 1940. Alice married August Johnson and lived on their farm in Trego where they raised their six children and had a variety of farm animals and crops. Alice also worked at the Trego Dinner Bell for many years and later at the Shell Lake Boat Factory. Alice was a religious person, and enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and many other crafts in which she was very good at with some people even calling her room "Alice's Boutique". Many will remember Alice for her wonderful laugh.
Alice died on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the Spooner Benedictine Nursing Home at the age of 89.
Alice is survived by her children: August Johnson Jr. of Trego, Dale Johnson of Nunnelly, TN, Rayola Irwin of Corapeake, NC, Dean Johnson of Lusby, MD, and Julia McGraw of Rogers, AR, sisters: Lillian Faber of Spooner, Mary Jordan of Spooner, brother Donald Moen of Perkinstown, WI, 14 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren.
Alice is preceded in death by her parents, husband August, son Leroy William "Bill" Keys, brothers: Henry, Bob, Roy, Edward, and 3 infant siblings.