Anna Pauline Olson Johnson died peacefully on Dec. 20, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Bountiful, Utah, from the effects of leukemia and age.

She was born Sept. 10, 1921, to Carl Andreas and Helma Amanda Thoreson Olson at their home in Scobey, Mont. She was the second daughter and the fourth child. Anna lived most of her life before marriage in Cowley. In February of 1946 she married Randall LaFollette Johnson, and the marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She is the mother to four sons and four daughters, all of whom survived her.

She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served therein all of her life. She held many positions of responsibility and trust in the church including Relief Society president. She and Randall served an extraction mission later in their lives and were temple ordinance workers in the Boise Temple for several years.

Anna is survived by her younger sister Viola (Charles) Averett of Brigham City, Utah; her brother, Vincent (Gladys) Olson of Orem, Utah; sons Rodney (Mary Irene) Johnson of Hayden, Idaho; Darl (Mary Jane) Johnson of Orem; Paul (Connie) Johnson of Boise, Idaho and David (Mary Lynette) Johnson of Avondale, Ariz.; daughters Greta (Gerald “Jerry”) Fogle of Taylorsville, Utah, Loretta Johnson of Fargo, N.D., Delma Johnson of Bountiful, Utah and Mary Ann (Kent) Pickering of Payson, Utah; one honorary daughter, Christy Lewis; 34 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her eternal companion, Randall; her mother and father; brothers Helmer and Clifford; sisters Dagney and Violet and one grandson, Jerry J. Olson.

Funeral Services will be held at the Bountiful 7^th Ward, 1250 South Main, Bountiful, Utah, on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at 11:30 a.m.. Friends and family may meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 27, 2009, at the church, and from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at the Taylorsville Cemetery, located at 4575 S. Redwood Rd., Taylorsville, Utah.