Cover photo for Nancy Johanson's Obituary
Nancy Johanson Profile Photo
1946 Nancy 2022

Nancy Johanson

January 7, 1946 — March 16, 2022

of Osakis

Nancy Jane (Maus) Johanson was born January 7, 1946 to Harold and Gloria (Brouns) Maus of rural Osakis. She attended Country School District 17 and Osakis High School, graduating in 1963. After graduating from St Cloud St College in 1967 she worked at the hospital in St Cloud for 3 years. She married Wayne Johanson, her high-school sweetheart on September 12, 1970.

They moved to St Paul where Nancy was employed at Miller Hospital for 3 years. After changing jobs to Imuno Nuclear, a start-up medical research company in Stillwater, the couple built a house and a small hobby farm in rural Stillwater. Here Nancy enjoyed large gardens, crafting, and her animals including a horse, ponies, dogs, cats and rabbits. Upon retirement they moved back to Osakis and built their retirement home in Little Sauk Township. Nancy again enjoyed large gardens, animals, crafting, genealogy, family history, spending time with family and friends and volunteering.

She is preceded in death by father and mother–in-law Gunner and Violet Johanson, mother and father Gloria and Harold Maus, and nephew Kelly Maus. She is survived by husband Wayne Johanson, brothers Richard (Linda) Maus of Gallatin Gateway Montana, Donald (Candy) Maus of Osakis, sisters Betty (Gary) Grinstead of Osakis, and Donna (Ross) Abel of Ham Lake. She is also survived by nieces and nephews Jeremy (Heidi) Maus, Carissa(Eric) Paulson, Jodi (Chris) Striegel, Matthew Maus, Mark Grinstead, Michelle (Jay) Stewart, Teresa (Chad) Wieneke, Tammy (Nathan) Stelling, Scott (Crystal) Maus, Lisa (Jeremy) Heier, Brenda Abel and several great nieces and nephews and her loving dog Scooter.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 10:00 - 11:00 AM at St. Alexius Catholic Church in West Union with a Funeral Service at 11:00 AM at the church.  Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Osakis. Service will be live streamed for those unable to attend.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Nancy Johanson, please visit our flower store.

Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

10:00 - 11:00 am (Central time)

St. Alexius Catholic Church

11 Oak St, West Union, MN 56389

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Funeral Service

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)

St. Alexius Catholic Church

11 Oak St, West Union, MN 56389

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 152

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree