Rachel Lee Johnson, McPherson
Rachel Lee Johnson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (wigginsfuneralhomes.com)
November 16, 1941 - October 18, 2022
Rachel Lee Johnson, 80, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 12:16 p.m., Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
Rachel was born in McPherson, Kansas on November 16, 1941, a daughter of Bessie Arlene (Anderson) and Thomas Samuel Miller.
Through the years Rachel was a homemaker, farmer's wife and had a daycare business out of her home, worked for A&W as a carhop where she met her husband Verle, was a nurse's aide at McPherson Hospital, then worked at the McPherson County Courthouse as a payroll clerk for 33 years until she retired.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in McPherson.
Rachel was known for her servant heart for others and her
favorite place to be was anywhere surrounded by her friends and
family. She always had great stories to share and was always up
for a game of cards or dominoes. She enjoyed watching all sports
and could be found in the kitchen baking her famous pies and
cakes. If she wasn’t covered in flour baking in the kitchen, she
was knee deep in thread sewing quilts. She loved seeing things
grow in her garden and canning what she grew. No matter if she
was canning or baking, she loved sharing what she made with
others. Wherever Rachel was, Bella was right by her side and
was her four-legged companion for 10 years.
Rachel Lee Miller was united in marriage to Verle I. Johnson on Aug. 2, 1959 in Roxbury, Kansas. The young couple established their first home together in McPherson. This union was blessed with the birth of two children, a son and a daughter, Verle Kevin Johnson and Kristie Lee Johnson.
Verle and Rachel made many memories during their 56 years of
marriage, 45 of those years on the farm raising cattle, chickens,
donkeys and much more. Two of their favorite activities to do together
on the farm were deer hunting and wheat harvest. While Verle was
spending hours on the combine cutting wheat, Rachel would be in the
kitchen preparing meals to take to the field.
She is survived by her children, Kevin Johnson and his wife Rhonda of Dayton, Ohio and Kristie Torgerson and her husband Brennan of Hutchinson, Kansas; her brother Ken Miller of Salina, Kansas. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Amelia(Chris) Fisher, Angela (Kaleb) Sortman, Trevor (Helen) Torgerson and Taryn Torgerson, one great-grandchild, Ella Grace Torgerson, with two on the way.
Rachel was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters Shirley Unruh and Opal Specker and her two brothers, Robert Tom Miller and Richard K. Miller.
Visitation will be held on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in McPherson, Kansas.
Service will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in McPherson, Kansas with The Reverend Tim Leaf officiating.
Private family burial will be at the New Gottland Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorials are to Trinity Lutheran Church and they can be sent to Glidden-Ediger-Wiggins Funeral Home, 222 W. Euclid St., McPherson, Ks. 67460.
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