May 26, 1927-Jan. 15, 2009
Mary Alice Johnson, 81, died on Jan. 15, 2009.
She was born on May 26, 1927 in La Grande. She spent her childhood on the farm and in the city of La Grande.
Born into a Depression-era family, she remembered how her mother raised her four children and sent each one to college in spite of having lost her husband when Mrs. Johnson was only 8 years old.
Mrs. Johnson…