In October 2016, an old friend, James A. Johnson, died after being in a nursing home and hospital for some time. I intended to send a memorial and contacted his wife Carolyn Ann Johnson by phone a day or two after Jim's memorial service. She was not feeling well and had gotten sick the night of the memorial. I called her again on November 30, 2016 and by then she was in a hospital in Sioux Falls. I said I would contact her again about an address for a memorial for Jim. I got no answer from her phone and none at their Iowa home. Yesterday, I got a Facebook message from Sam Kooiker who found out from USD Alumni that Carolyn had also died and December 11, 20`16. That was a bit of a surprise, but I then found her obituary at the Yankton Press and Dakotan. I have added her obituary to that of James A. Johnson on my Dakota Today Obituary page.
*** Stay tuned for better news--- Doug Wiken
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