Alice Rachel Johnson

  Research Notes:

Ancestry Family Tree: Suzann Jolene Tupa FT; [Suzann Tupa-Shilha]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/88330973/person/370011262052/facts



Alice Rachel Johnson, b 9 Jul 1902; died 24 Apr 1979, Wright Co
married: 29 Aug 1928, Wright Co
Joseph C Bjork (Carl Joseph) b 4 Jan 1898; died 25 May 1991, Meeker Co
Children:
(1) Beverly Ann, b 16 Aug 1931, Wright Co; died 25 Mar 2016, Hutchinson, McLeod Co; married Ernest Svanda; children: Bruce, Bonnie (married Hahn); Barbara (married Ruzicka)
(2) Arlene Jeannett Bjork, b 16 Aug 1933 Stockholm Twp; died 28 Oct 1996, Wright Co; married Arnold Evenski [they divorced];
Children: Brenda and Keith Evenski
(3) Rodney Carl Bjork, b 21 Oct 1935, Stockholm Twp; died 9 Apr 2007, Robbinsdale, Hennepin Co, MN; married Marlyce Wraspir; children: Byron and Ryan
(4) Francis K Bjork, b 24 Apr 1945 at Hutchinson, McLeod Co; died 27 June 2010, Meeker Co; married Susan Mae; Children:
Ronny Keith, 1966-1967

MOMS ... marriage cert, Wright Co, S-381


1940 US Census, Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, ED 86-34; sheet 8B; house visit 165
Joe Bjork, age 40 b in MN; same place in Apr 1935; farmer
wife Alice, age 37
dau, Beverly age 8
dau, Arline, age 6 [1934]
son, Rodney, age 4

children:
[1] Beverly Ann, b 16 Aug 1931, Wright Co; died 25 Mar 2016, Hutchinson, McLeod Co
findagrave, id 160095274; burial Bohemian National Cemetery, Silver Lake, McLeod Co
Beverly's obit posted
- born 16 Aug 1931; parents to Joseph and Alice (Johnson) Bjork, Stockholm Twp
- married Ernest Svanda on 21 Aug 1949
- preceded in death by her parents; sister Arlene Evenski; brother Rodney and Francis Bjork
- survived by husband of 66 years, Ernie Svanda of Silver Lake
- survived by children, Bruce Svanda of Silver Lake; Bonnie (Gary) Hahn of Dassel; Barb (Larry) Ruzicka of Dassel

[2] Arlene Jeanette, b 16 Aug 1933; died 28 Oct 1996

Another Family Tree on Ancestry: Michaell.firestone@gmail.com FT [Michaell Firestone]
- records that Arnold Evenski was married 3 times, with first marriage to Arlene
- Also recrrds that Arlene Evenski died in 1996; and there are links to US SSDI - born 16 Aug 1933 and died 28 Oct 1996 with last residence on record as, Cokato
- Also 2 children (re; MN Birth index on Ancestry): (1) Brend Marie Evenski, b 14 Jul 1953 at McLeod Co;
(2) Keith Robert Evenski, b20 May 1957, McLeod Co, MN

*** findagrave, re; Arnold Eldon Evenski; id 210386951 married to Arlene Bjork
- obit is posted on findagrave; burial at St John's Catholic Cemetery, Darwin, Meeker Co, MN
- born 11 May 1933 at St Cloud; died 28 Jul 2014 at Dassel, Meeker Co
- married Arlene Bjork on 1 Nov 1952 [and he was married again in 1998 - Mae Erickson)
- survived by children Brenda (John), and Keith (Joyce); grandchildren-
- Arnie was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Arlene; and brothers Orvin and Edward.
Arlene Evenski - is not buried in the above cemetery -- she is not buried at North Crow or Cokato (unless she remiarred, but no record on MOMS re; another marriage)


Another Family Tree on Ancestry: Michaell.firestone@gmail.com FT [Michaell Firestone]
- records that Arnold Evenski was married 3 times, with first marriage to Arlene
- Also recrrds that Arlene Evenski died in 1996; and there are links to US SSDI - born 16 Aug 1933 and died 28 Oct 1996 with last residence on record as, Cokato
- Also 2 children (re; MN Birth index on Ancestry): (1) Brend Marie Evenski, b 14 Jul 1953 at McLeod Co;
(2) Keith Robert Evenski, b20 May 1957, McLeod Co, MN


[3] Rodney Carl Bjork, b 21 Oct 1935, Stockholm Twp; died 9 Apr 2007, Robbinsdale, Hennepin Co, MN
- married 30 Apr 1967 to Marlyce Wraspir at Czech Brethren Presbyterian Church (now
Faith Presbyterian) in Silver Lake, [McLeod Co]
- worked at the Stockholm Coop Creamery, Millerbernd Manufacturing in Winsted; also farmed; retired 1997
- survived by wife of 49 years, Marlyce of Cokato
- survived by sons, Bryon (Connie) of Hutchinson [McLeod Co]; and, Ryan of Cokato; grandsons


- preceded by his parents, and sister Arlene Evenski ***
- Pallbearers were Byron Bjork, Ryan Bjork, Connie Bjork, Christopher Bjork, Gregory Bjork, and Timothy Bjork.
* obit from Howard Lake Herald, 14 Apr 2007

[4] Francis K Bjork, b 24 Apr 1945 at Hutchinson, McLeod Co; died 27 June 2010, Meeker Co;
buried at Stockholm Lutheran Cemetery, Stockholm; findagrave, id 206471526
Obit posted on findagrave
- died at Grove City [Meeker Co; abt 40 kms west of Cokato]
- age 65
- married Susan Carlise on 8 Oct 1966 at Nisswa [Crow Wing Co, abt 180 kms north of Cokato]
- worked for Schwartz Manufacturing for almost 30 years in Lester Prairie, McLeod Co
- survived by wife Susan Mae [findagrave linked to Francis; id 213289288; [she died 15 Jul 2020 at St Cloud]
- survived sister Bev Svada of Silver Lake; brother in law Arnie Evniski; sister in law Marlcye Bjork
- preceded by his parents; and an infant son, Ronny Keith Bjork - b 22 Dec 1966, Wright Co, died 1 Apr 1967, Cokato, Wright Co

Alice married Joseph C Bjork on 29 Aug 1928 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States. (Joseph C Bjork was born on 4 Jan 1898 in Minnesota, United States, died on 25 May 1991 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Stockholm Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wright Co, Minnestoa, United States.)