Charlotte Ione (Johnson) Utke (Charlie)

Charlotte was born April 26, 1936 in the town of New Denmark, WI. Daughter of the late Elroy W. Johnson and Iona Lange Johnson Frelich. Charlotte married Glenn D. Utke on October 2, 1956 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Denmark, WI. She graduated from Denmark high school in 1954.            Charlotte's background included employment for the city clerk of Manitowoc, WI., Prudential Insurance Milwaukee, WI, Bookkeeper for Cudahy Savings and Loan Cudahy, WI Chairside Dental Assistant and dental receptionist, she was also employed in Human Services at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, WI and secretary receptionist for the eye doctors in Green Bay. Charlotte was also innovative in organizing the Dental Association of Upper Michigan.  Charlotte and her husband Glenn retired in May 1998 moving from Oneida, WI to Prescott, Az.  She was a member of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prescott and a former member of St. John Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI. Charlotte was an active member of St. John Prayer team for several years.  Charlotte enjoyed travel, golf, flower arranging, church prayer team, helping others and visiting with family and friends.  She also enjoyed traveling the back roads of the beautiful Arizona Mountains with her husband Glenn until he passed away September 2, 2003.  Charlotte is survived by sister and brother-in-law Fay and Ken Jensen, brother and sister-in-law Darrell L. and Diane Johnson, Sister & Brother-in-law Kathy & Robert Downs, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Roger J. and Barbara Kirch, many special nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and seven God children.  Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband Glenn D. Utke,  Father Elroy W. Johnson,  mother Iona Lange Johnson Frelich, brother Delwin R. Johnson, sister Muriel Kittell, brother-in-law Carlton Kittell, niece Brina  Bierke, grandparents Peter W. Johnson and Al Johnson, mother-in-law Mabel Haas,  father-in-law Joseph L. Kirch and God parents Corbin and Eleanor Graunke.  Charlotte is looking forward to being reunited with her husband and best friend, and so many other family members and friends and with our Lord Jesus in a very special and much better world.
I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.  I'd like to leave an echo of whispering softly down the ways of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.  I'd like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave when life is done.  May God bless everyone I touched in any way.            Charlotte has requested there be no memorial service.

Memorial may be made in Charlotte's memory to:
American Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1085 Scott Dr., Prescott, AZ 86301
St. John Lutheran Church, 2700 Babcock Rd., Green Bay, WI 54313
East Shore Industries, Inc., Employment for handicapped, 813 Rabas St., Algoma, WI 54201