Laura M. Johnson-Quinn

"A nurse is God's angel of mercy"

Born:

December 16th, 1948, Racine, WI

Died:

February 16th, 2004, Racine, WI

Laura M. Johnson-Quinn's Story

Laura was born Laura Marie Dresen on December 16, 1948, the 4th of 6 children born to Al and Rita Dresen.

She was born and raised in Racine, WI, and attended school there. She went to Sacred Heart Catholic School and St. Catherines Catholic High School, and went on to get her nursing degree from Alverno College in Milwaukee, WI.

Laura was married to Jim Johnson and out of that union gave birth to 3 children. First to a daughter Kristan,who was stillborn. Laura was devistated by that loss but was blessed with 2 healthy children after that.

Daughter Adrienne was born almost 2 years later, and then a son, Bradley. Laura would always say that God has a reason for everything, for if Kristan would have lived, since they only planned on having 2 children, her son Bradley would not have been.

Jim and Laura would later divorce and years later she married Jim Quinn. About 5 months after that marriage Laura was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Laura would have to retire early, because of her illness, from her job at Gateway Technical College, after 28 years of teaching in the Nursing program there. She fought cancer for 3 years and passed away on her daughter, Adrienne's birthday, Febuary 16, 2004.

Laura was a loving mother, wife, sister, aunt, and teacher, and is dearly missed by all who knew her.

Additional Information

Family:

Adrienne Johnson (daughter), Bradley Johnson (son), Alfred Dresen (father), Rita Dresen (mother), Mary Pavlat (sister), Jim Dresen (brother), Al Dresen (brother), Mike Dresen (brother), Larry Dresen (brother)

Burial Location:

Westlawn Cemetary, Racine, WI

Occupation:

Nurse, Nursing Instructor at Gateway Technical College

Sex:

female

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