- Date Of Birth: August 10, 1923
- Date Of Death: February 6, 2019
- State: Idaho
Mrs. Alice Eva Schmidt Johnson was born on August 10, 1923 in Beiseker, Alberta, Canada. She passed away on February 6, 2019 at the age of 95 in Boise, Idaho. Raised on the prairies of Alberta, Alice completed all local schooling by the age of twelve. Wanting to further her education she began attending Calgary Technical school where she studied tailoring. After nearly completing the program with excellence, she was sent home when it was discovered that she was not old enough to attend.
Throughout the years Alice has been a companion and partner in the ministry of her husband, Jerald Johnson.
Germany had a profound impact on the entire family, but especially Alice. Having been born in a German-speaking community of Russian-Germans in Canada, Alice was fluent in the language and culture. Two children would be born in Germany: Kurt and Carla. Ever sensitive to the needs of others, Alice would welcome many people into the home, showing great hospitality and serving many a hot meal. As a result, she had numerous German spiritual children; those who came to faith because of her ministry.
The family returned to the United States where eventually Dr. Jerald Johnson would serve as the Director of Nazarene World Missions. Later, in 1980, he would be elected as a General Superintendent, a position that he would hold until his 1997 retirement.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Anna Schmidt, her sister, Beatrice, along with her brothers, Albert, Calvin, and Harold, as well as her oldest son, Jerry, Jr. Alice is survived by her husband of 70 years, Dr. Jerald D. Johnson of Meridian, Idaho; her sisters Hannah Notland and Bernice Wolstenholm Clark; her children, Dennis Johnson (Kathy) of Eagle, Idaho; Kurt Johnson (Melissa) of Hamilton, Ohio; Carla Sunberg (Chuck) of Shawnee, Kansas; along with her dearly loved grandchildren: Melanie Pollack (Jeff), Misty Johnson (Jonathan), Robby Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Carmen Johnson, Alex Johnson (Ashleigh), Christa Maciver (Iain), Hilary Swideki (Paul), Cara Shonamon (Justin); her eleven great-grandchildren, and the two who will soon be arriving for whom she prayed daily.
Alice is remembered by many as an incredible woman of God who used all of her talents to bless and minister to others.
