[Dixielandjazz] Leslie Johnson Obit St. Paul Newspaper

[Marek Boym]

Thanks for posting this on the list - a most approppriate obituary for
a great person!
Best,
Marek,
Israel

On 20/01/2009, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
> Leslie Carole (Lindstrom) Johnson
> Johnson, Leslie Carole (Lindstrom) On January 17, "The Mississippi Rag", a
> monthly
> publication known as "The Voice of Traditional Jazz and Ragtime", fell
> silent with
> the passing of its founder/ publisher after a three and a half year battle
> with cancer.
> Leslie was born on June 16, 1942 to Lester and Lillian Lindstrom,
> Bloomington, Minn.,
> now deceased. She is survived by husband, Will Shapira, Minneapolis;
> children, Tony
> Johnson, Minneapolis; Renee Burnett (Allen), Chicago; stepchildren, Eve
> Roycraft
> (Tom), Little Canada; Stephen Shapira (Cris), St. Paul; five
> stepgrandchildren; brother,
> Gary Lindstrom (Sandi), Shakopee; sisters, Debra Peterson (Phil) and Jody
> Hughes
> (John) all of Bloomington; former husband, Dennis Johnson (Alice Ripley),
> Burnsville
> and cousins, nieces and nephews who already miss her more than words can
> express.
> With the December 2008 issue she completed 35 years of publishing the RAG
> without
> missing a deadline. Leslie's passing leaves a void in the world of jazz and
> ragtime
> and in the hearts of musicians, writers, photographers, educators and
> thousands of
> loyal subscribers worldwide. Memorials to N.C. Little Hospice, Edina, MN;
> Hubert
> H. Humphrey Cancer Center, or New Orleans Musicians' Clinic. Interment
> Bloomington
> Cemetery. Funeral Mass 12:00 noon Thursday, January 22 at Church of St.
> Richard,
> 7540 Penn Ave. S., Richfield. Visitation 1 hour prior to service Thursday at
> church
> and also 5-8 PM Wednesday at: Washburn-McReavy Edina Chapel 952-920-3996
> West 50th
> St. & Hwy 100
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> Note new e-mail address rsr at ringwald.com
> 530/642-9551
> 916/806-9551 Cell
> www.ringwald.com
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