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Windows on the Past
A Confirmation Project presented in 1987 (Updated in 2003)		(full document in .pdf)

Preface

“History is most fragile. Unless remembered and preserved it is soon lost forever. Sometime early in this century, stained glass windows were donated and placed within the walls of the nave and narthex of the Church. The donors have long since died. Only their names remain on the windows as a permanent legacy of faithfulness and witness.

Three of Trinity’s confirmation students have prepared brief biographies of the people of the windows. What kind of men and women were they? What did they do at Church and in their lives? Who are their living descendants? With those questions as a starting point, this book is a valuable addition to the congregation’s history. Since 1871, Trinity Lutheran Church has proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ to the Ishpeming area and to the world.”

~ Rev. Thomas A. Skrenes
Written in 1987

(Click on each window to read the history of its donor)

Window Number 15
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Johnson

John was married twice. His first wife, Ane, died during childbirth, along with the baby, their third child. John’s niece by marriage, came to take care of the two older children, Richard and Ingaborg.

John then married his wife’s niece. On his own wedding day, John asked his boss if he could have the day off because “his niece was getting married.” They lived together on Third Street across from the Phelps School. They had no children of their own.

John worked as a Stationary Engineer at the Lake Angeline Mine for many years. He also worked a great deal in the church. He fixed pipes, wiring, and many other things.

John Johnson died in 1928.

Rose Harris is a niece by the marriage to his first wife. Eldred and John Harris would be grand-nephews.