Joanne Johnson

Joanne Johnson, 90, of Webster, passed away, peacefully surrounded by her family, Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Bethesda Home in Webster.

Funeral services will be 10:30am Thursday, October 16, 2025, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Webster, Rev. Mike DeKraai will officiate. A meal and time of fellowship will immediately follow the service in the lower level at the church.

Interment will be at New Sweden Cemetery near Holmquist at 12:45pm. on Thursday.

Joanne Doneen Schimmel was born on March 14, 1935, to Lawrence and Lois (Stevens) Schimmel at the Alfred and Florence Stevens farm near Bristol. When Joanne was a few months old, the family moved to the Wilhelm Schimmel farm until her father purchased a farm a mile further north. This is where Joanne grew up and attended a country school in Troy Township at Prairie Flower District 191.

Joanne was baptized at Webster United Methodist Church and confirmed at the Butler Lutheran Church. She graduated from Bristol High School on May 8, 1953. That fall, she began working at PMA which later was known as ASC office in Webster, and continued to be employed there until 1962, at which time she would still help if needed during their busy season.

On Sunday, June 2, 1957, she married Lloyd Johnson of Holmquist at the Butler Lutheran Church. The couple made their home in Webster until January 1958, when they moved to a farm four miles north of Holmquist. Lloyd and Joanne had three sons, Danny Lloyd, David Alan, and Kevin Lee. The family joined St. John’s Lutheran Church in Webster in 1959, where Joanne stayed active on the church council, circle, taught Sunday School, and served of the records of ministry for many years.

In 1965, Joanne took a job opportunity at the Day County Treasurers Office from 1976-1977. In 1983, she returned to the ASC office and remained there until 1988, when she fully retired. Lloyd passed away in 2001. Joanne continued to live on the farm until 2006, when she built a home in Webster, where she lived until 2022, when she moved to Bethesda Home.

Joanne enjoyed bowling and bowled at the Webster and Bristol bowling alleys for many years. She thoroughly enjoyed her family and looked forward to her visits with each of them.

Joanne passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Webster, South Dakota at the age of 90 years, 6 months, and 28 days.

She is survived by her sons, Danny Johnson, David (Ana) Johnson, and Kevin Johnson. Four grandsons, Brandon Lee Johnson, Spencer David Johnson, Tyler Alan Johnson, and River David Johnson, one granddaughter Maci Jolin Johnson, and two great-grandchildren, Tobie Renae Johnson and Bryce David Johnson. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Lloyd, and sister Marcene Diane Schimmel who passed at one day old.