Sue Johnson Memorial Service

First Lutheran Church

Sue Johnson Memorial Service

May 30, 2024 • Tim Bjorge

Susan Janet (Oehrke) Johnson was born on April 3, 1939 in Watertown, Wisconsin to Clarence and Lois (Yeo) Oehrke. She graduated from high school in 1956 in Palmyra, Wisconsin and from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1960 with a degree in Medical Technology. After college graduation she accepted a job at the hospital in Amery, Wisconsin where she ended up living the rest of her life.

Susan married Bruce Johnson on May 6, 1961 and together they had two children. She had a very full life and was involved in many community organizations and boards. She was a proud member of Amery Woman’s Club, Amery Lion’s Club, Amery Area Community Center, Amery Community Foundation, Girl Scouts of America, and Wisconsin Woman’s Pharmacy Auxiliary. She was a dedicated member of First Lutheran Church in Amery where she served as a youth leader, a member of the church choir, altar committee, and served as a Stephen Minister. Susan was an avid reader and enjoyed needle-work of any kind as well as crosswords and bridge.

Susan was preceded in death by her parents, infant son, and loving husband Bruce. Susan died on May 23, 2024 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she proudly worked for many years of her career. Left to mourn are her son Matthew Johnson, his wife Julie and children Eli and Sylvie, and daughter Sarah Flanum, her husband Ed and children Claire and Charlie, her brother Paul and his wife Rita Oehrke.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at the Williamson-White Funeral Home in Amery, Wisconsin. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at First Lutheran Church in Amery, WI with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the Amery Cemetery in Amery, WI.

Memorials are preferred to the First Lutheran Church Endowment Fund and the Amery Area Community Foundation.

Estela Navarro Celebration of Life

August 9, 2024 • Tim Bjorge

Estela Navarro 87, of Amery, formerly of Miami, FL passed away peacefully on July 23, 2024. Estela was born on November 12, 1937 in Havana, Cuba. She grew up in a home with six brothers and sisters. Family was everything and she always talked about her family in Cuba. After high school, Estela worked many jobs before moving to Miami, Florida. She married Antonio Nobles Navarro in 1968 and they later had two sons, John and Antonio. Through the years, Estela worked hard for her family in home health care, real estate, being a para at the school, and raising two sons, whom she adored. On August 17, 2007, she was extremely proud to become a United States citizen. Estela was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Antonio. She will be greatly missed by her sons John (Shannon) Aizpurua and Tony (Amanda) Aizpurua, her six grandchildren John, Joshua (Alex), Justice, Luciana, Mateo, and Laken, along with many other special family and friends. A visitation will be held at First Lutheran Church in Amery, WI on Friday, August 9, 2024 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm, followed by her funeral service at 4:00 pm.

Jim and Pat Dierke Memorial Service

April 28, 2024 • Tim Bjorge

Join us as we celebrate the lives of Jim and Pat Dierke.

Catherine Ann Hagan Funeral

December 1, 2023 • Tim Bjorge

Obituary Cathy entered eternal life on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Her spirit is carried on by her husband, Stephen Hagen, 3 children, 5 grandchildren, great grandson, two surviving siblings and an extended family of relations and friends from every walk of life. We were blessed to learn many valuable lessons from Cathy during her 76 years, among them: if it’s on clearance, buy it, you never know when you’ll need 7 Christmas platters. Let your husband feed the dog ice cream every night. Take lots of walks, golf, travel, and never stop laughing. Go to church. Volunteer your time. Keep every single Vikings play book from the games you attend. Bring a cooler full of cherry coke everywhere you go. You never know when you might need one. And show up for your friends and your family. Cathy did it all and more. Her stories, humor, and kindness will live on. Cathy was born and raised in Two Harbors, MN. Where she and her husband, Steve, met and fell in love. They later moved to Amery, WI, where she spent the rest of her days raising children, playing bridge and other card games with friends, golfing, playing handbells, and working for several accountants, Polk county clerk of courts, and doing payroll at Golden Age Manor. She also spent time volunteering at the Food Shelf in Amery especially with food baskets at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. Cathy was very involved in First Lutheran Church. She also traveled many places with friends and family including wintering in Arizona, traveling home to Two Harbors, and cruising in Hawaii and Alaska. Her final days were spent at Amery Memory care where she passed away, peacefully. She is survived by her husband: Steve Hagen; siblings: Todd (Suzie) Cullen, Judy (Mike) Herbst; children: Lori Sather (Chad Rindt), Scott Hagen (Deb), Eric Hagen (Sarah); grandchildren: Jordan Parmeter (Alex), Alex Sather, Dylan Hagen, Ben Hagen, and Brooke Hagen; great-grandson: Harrison Parmeter; and many in-laws, nieces, nephews, friends and family too numerous to list. Cathy is reunited with her mother and father, Dale and Burnette Cullen. Friends can visit with the Hagen family at First Lutheran Church in Amery, WI on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 10:00 am. Service will begin at 11:00 am and there will be a lunch following that. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that a donation in honor of Cathy be made to the Amery Food Pantry or First Lutheran Church.