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1917 Dorothy 2005

Dorothy Krabbenhoft Johnston

November 4, 1917 — July 14, 2005

Dorothy Krabbenhoft Johnston, 87, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, July 14, 2005, in her home in Moorhead.Dorothy Krabbenhoft was born on November 4, 1917, in Sabin, MN, to Alfred and Ella Piepkorn Krabbenhoft. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin, and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND. She grew up and attended school in Page, ND, and Glyndon, MN, graduating from Glyndon High School in 1925. She married Leonard F. Krabbenhoft on November 15, 1939, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin, MN, and they lived at Glyndon, MN, where they farmed. He died on January 29, 1975. Dorothy married John F. Johnston on May 1, 1981, and they lived at Glyndon. He died on September 13, 1991. She moved into Moorhead in 1992. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin, Homemaker's Club, and the Glyndon Lioness. Many will remember her for her years of making wedding cakes.Dorothy is survived by three daughters, Kathy Jerry Kilfoyl, Fargo, ND, Diane Don Kilfoyl, Fargo, ND, and Susan Krabbenhoft, Shoreview, MN; one son, Lance Krabbenhoft, Fargo, ND; one sister, Lillian Johnson, Hickson, ND; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, two sisters, Margaret Sauer and Lois Krabbenhoft; and a brother, Lester Krabbenhoft.

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