OBITUARY: Selma A. Johnson Perkins, 1908-2003, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted July 2, 2003]



                           Selma A. Perkins
                        
Funeral service  for Selma A. Perkins, 95, of St. Ansgar, will be held on
Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 2:00 PM at Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter,
Iowa, with Rev. Wayne Ellingson afficiating.  Burial will be in the Deer
Creek Cemetery, Carpenter.   Selma died on Saturday, June 28, 2003 at the
Good Samaritan Center, St. Ansgar. 

Selma was born April 4, 1908 in Deer Creek Township, Worth County, Iowa,
the daughter of John and Maria (Gordon) Johnson.  She was bapitzed and
confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter
where she was a life long member. Selma attended rural school in Worth
County and graduated from Otranto High School, Otranto, Iowa in 1926.
On August 13, 1927 she married Randall Perkins of Lyle, Minnesota.  They
made their home in the Lyle area for 58 years.  Following Randall's death
in December of 1985, Selma moved to Worth Living Center in St. Ansgar.
After failing health and vision she became a resident at the Good Samaritan
Center.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband Randall; an infant son
Allan Eugene Perkins; brother Lloyd Johnson and his wife Minnie; brother
Arthur Johnson, all of Northwood; sister-in-law Viola (Maynard) Johnson;
an infant sister Alice Johnson; son-in-law Keith Funk of Osage.

Selma is survived by a daughter Helen Marie Funk of Osage, Ia.; a son
John (Ludmilla) Perkins of Cresco, Ia.; six grand daughters; 11 great
grandchildren; 5 great great grandchildren; 4 step grandchildren; 12 step
great grandchildren; a brother Maynard Johnson of Northwood; sister-in-law
Mary (Arthur) Johnson of Northwood; many nieces and nephews.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, Iowa  641-713-4920.