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ANNA JONINA (JOHNNIE) SILVESTER (JOHNSON)
Born: Jul 08, 1931
Date of Passing: Jun 21, 2022
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ANNA JONINA (JOHNNIE) SILVESTER
(JOHNSON)
Anna Jonina 'Johnnie' (Johnson) Silvester was born on July 8, 1931 at the family farm, Birch Point, Loni Beach, Gimli, Manitoba to her parents, Josefbina and J.B. Johnson. She was the youngest of nine children.
As a young woman, Johnnie worked at the Gimli fish packing building. She followed her sisters and brother to Winnipeg, where she loved her job at Eaton's. She met her husband, Bill, at a dance on the Gimli Air Force base.
Johnnie and Bill lived in Gimli and Greenwood, Nova Scotia at the Royal Canadian Air Force bases. They moved to Crystal Lake, Illinois for Bill's job.
Johnnie moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2015 to be close to her children and grandchildren. She resided in Michigan until she passed away peacefully on June 21, 2022.
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As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 06, 2022