Doris Back
August 4, 2001
Doris Evelyn Back, died on Friday, August 3, 2001, at her home in Klemme.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, August 7, at the
United Methodist Church in Klemme, with Pastor Paddy Druhl officiating.
Interment was in the Ell Township Cemetery near Klemme.
Music was provided by Margaret Tue, organist
and Clay
Kilgore, vocalist. Ushers were Raymond Schoenwetter and Calvin Bruggeman.
Casket bearers were Harley Nuehring, Dave Ott, Joel Back, Ed Lents, Jack
Williams and Clay Kilgore.
Doris Evelyn Johnson, the daughter of John Agard and
Hilma (Arvidsson) Johnson was born August 22, 1921, in Klemme.
She was united in marriage to Graydon Back on May 27,
1949 at Klemme. Doris worked at Larson's Grocery Store in Klemme, and the
United States Post Office in Klemme.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in
Klemme, the United Methodist Women, and American Legion Auxiliary.
Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Graydon in 1989; grandsons, Nicholas and John Tosel; brothers, Fridolph
Johnson and Harold Johnson; and sisters, Bertha Johnson and Ruth Carson.
Survivors are her daughters and sons-in-law, Becky and
Steve Tosel of Mason City and Mary and Terry Balek of Mason City;
grandchildren, Kimberly, Kerrill, Kathryn, and Krista Balek, Timothy and Ann
Tosel; one sister, Ethel Steffen of Waterloo; sister-in-law, Charlene Back
of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews.
