Mary F. Johnson, age 72, of Isanti, died Oct. 1, 2015, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Mary Frances Johnson was born Oct. 8, 1942, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Fred and Frances (Leeman) Berg. She was raised in the Twin Cities area and graduated from Roosevelt High School.
In 1990 Mary and Ronald Johnson were married. They lived in East Bethel, and in 1994 moved to Isanti.
Mary was very involved at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in East Bethel for many years. She served 20 years with the food shelf, worked as secretary, was involved in retreats and also sang in the choir. Mary was more recently active at Main Street Church in North Branch where she also has served as secretary.
Mary especially loved camping, fishing and the outdoors. She was also very talented at knitting, sewing, painting and crocheting; making many special things for her kids and grandkids. She was a loving, devoted, active, special person who will be dearly missed.
Mary will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 25 years, Ron; children Cheryl (Blaine) Taylor, Daniel Williams, Jeff (Dawn) Williams, Andy (Lori) Williams and Jason (Cheryl) Williams; step-children Mike Johnson and Don (Jeanne) Johnson; sister Beth DeCorsey (Tom); nine grandchildren Jamie, Katie, Jeff Jr. (Rachael), Jenny (Al), Chris, Cam, Brandon (MacKenzie), Kirsten and Hannah; eight great-grandchildren Kiera, Scott, Ayden, Aryana, Haylee, Hayden, Harper and Hunter; nieces, nephews and by many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by a granddaughter, Hope.
Funeral services 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Main Street Church, 6500 Main Street N., North Branch.