Marilyn Kathryn Bellerud

Featured in: March/April 2019

BELLERUD — Marilyn Kathryn (Guishard) Johnson, 86; born March 3, 1932, Sauk Centre, Minn.; died Dec. 1, 2018, Apache Junction, Ariz. Surviving: husband, Bernt; sons, Eldon Johnson, Bemidji, Minn.; Jerry Johnson, Cosmos, Minn.; Lee Johnson, Great Falls, Mont.; daughters, Carolyn (Johnson) Darcy, Walla Walla, Wash.; Kim (Johnson) Evans, Minneapolis, Minn.; Lisa Johnson, Brooklyn Park, Minn.; many foster children; 12 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Marilyn is preceded in death by first husband, Clayton Johnson, with whom she was married to for 35 years. She worked at Mount Ellis Academy in Bozeman, Mont., as the food service director from 1986–1994. Students knew her at Marilyn Johnson or Mrs.J. She retired and married Bernt Bellerud in 1995 and lived in the Bozeman area for several years where many knew her as Marilyn Bellerud.