s as a RN, Crystal cared for many patients and enjoyed reconnecting with them and their family members. Many elderly and ill family and friends enjoyed her annual holiday baking. She made krumkake from Halloween to Easter each year and one year she even logged 80 buckets. Crystal enjoyed preparing and serving hot noon meals to the many young people that walked the Johnson bean fields over the years.
She shared her talents by teaching others hardanger and enjoyed their successes at various fairs. Crystal was proud of the young neighbors Zach and Ryan Steffensen that she provided childcare for. During her final years, Crystal provided encouragement to her care givers.
Crystal died Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center. She was 85.
She is survived by her husband, Donald H. Johnson of Buffalo Center; daughter, Sheryl Johnson of Burnsville, MN; son, Eldon Johnson of Buffalo Center; grandsons, Allix Betsinger of Lakota and Dallas Boysen-Betsinger of Austin, MN; siblings, twin brother, Comer (Audrey) Groe of Lake Mills; Esther (Ronald) Halvorson of Joice; Marilyn Peterson of Annandale, MN; an aunt, Wilma Groe of Burlington and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, JoAnn Hovey.
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