Obituary for Dora Louise Johnson as copied by Steve Johnson

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. A. W. PAULSON MON.

  Funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Staples Monday afternoon for Mrs. A. W. Paulson, age past 67 who died at her home here at 7:45 o'clock Friday morning, March 3, 1944.  Mrs. Paulson had suffered a paralytic stroke last June, and had been in frail health since that time.  Her death was very sudden.
  Mrs. Paulson was born Dora Louise Johnson, the daughter of Sever L., and Bertha Johnson, on May 12, 1876.  Her birthplace was at Owatonna.  The family later moved to a farm near Sabin, Minnesota, where here [sic] childhood years were spent.  She was educated in the rural schools near there, and later was graduated from the Moorhead State Teachers Collegt [sic].  She taught school in that vicinity for a number of years, and she later help the principalships in schools at Moorhead, Royalton, Morris, and in the grade school in Staples.
  In 1903 she was married to Lars Salsberg[sic] of Davenport, North Dakota, and he died two years later.  In 1908 she was married to A. W. Paulson of Fargo, and a short time after that they moved to Staples where she had since made her home.  Mr. Paulson died October 7, 1943.
 Mrs. Paulson had always been an active worker in promoting the welfare of the Staples community.  She was a member of the Orchid Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, the Methodist church and its Women's Society of Christian Service and Mission groups, the Women's Relief Corps, a past president of the Study Club, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Eagles, and was the founder and organizer of the Loyal Temperance Legion, as well as a staunch member of the W. C. T. U.
  Her activities carried her into the Red Cross work, and for several years she was chairman of the local chapter, later sponsoring the home nursing courses.  She was prominently identified with the county welfare board and worked diligently in any way possible for the benefit of whose people who were in need.
  Surviving her are her son, Herbert L. Salberg, of Chicago, and a daughter, Helen Anne Paulson, of Staples.  She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. H. C. Hanson, and a brother, Alvin C. Johnson, both of St. Cloud.
  Funeral services were in charge of Reverend James Standring of the Staples Methodist church.  He was assisted by members of the church choir.
  Following the funeral sermon, the Orchid Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Staples, conducted their burial ritees [sic] in the church.  Burial was made in the Evergreen cemetery of Staples, with Otto Tronson, Paul Rice, Harry Peterson, P.M. Atwood, Louis Grant, and B. D. Jaquiss as pallbearers.
  Out-of-town relatives who attended the last rites were Mrs. H. C. Hanson and Alvin Johnson, of St. Cloud; Mrs. Dorothy Hubachet, of Sand Point, Idaho; Christian Jensen of Sidney, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Paulson of Wadena; Mrs. H. J. Preston of Menahga; and her son, H. L. Salsberg [sic] of Chicago, Illinois.  Friends who came from a distance were Mrs. James Phillips of Fargo, Mrs. Margarette Ball Dickson of Odessa.