Eva Florence Johnson passed away at her home in Plymouth, Minnesota on April 2, 2016, surrounded by her husband and family.
Funeral Service: 11 AM Friday, April 8, 2016, at First Apostolic Lutheran Church of Long Lake.
Visitation: 2 hours prior to service at church
Interment: Cokato Finnish Cemetery.
EVA FLORENCE JOHNSON (NEE: TULKKI)
Eva Johnson quietly and peacefully passed away, at her home on the 2nd of April 2016. She was a few days away from completing 90 years of life.
Eva was the youngest of the eight children of John and Amalia Tulkki. She was born on the family farm in Howard Lake, MN on the 5th of April 1926.
After graduating from Cokato High School in 1943, she moved to Minneapolis, MN and worked in office administration.
She married Robert R Johnson in 1945. Bob and Eva moved to Plymouth, MN in 1949 and then built their final home on an adjoining homesite in 1959.
Eva had 15 children. 11 boys and 4 girls.
Stephen, Robert, Dagny Kangas (Jerry), Richard, Thomas, Loren (Bonnie), Gordon (Linda), Daryl, Barbara Eastman (Eric), JulieAnn Rahkola (John), Phillip, Stuart, Ronald, Timothy (Mari) and Heidi Rahkola (Kurt).
When Eva passed away, she had 138 descendants. 15 children, 48 grandchildren, 74 great grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild.
Preceding in death by her parents: John and Amalia Tulkki and her seven siblings: Raymond, Howard, Emil, John, Walter, Daniel and Agnes (Kosola). Her children: Dagny, Robert, Thomas and Phillip. Her grandchildren: John David Rahkola, Robert Johnson, Katie Rahkola and Thomas Rahkola. Her great grandchild: Larissa Tormanen.
Eva had abundant willingness to help and assist her family, relatives and people. She turned away no one. Despite numerous children of her own, she opened her doors to many children in the neighborhood. Her home became a place to “hang out”, play and was a sanctuary for many.
For the gift of serving others, she was blessed with the love of her many descendants, relatives and friends who cherished her.
She also was able to “stop by, at any time” for conversation and a free cup of coffee at the home of one of her many friends and relatives.