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Floydene Esther Wiig-Johnston-Mathiesen

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SOUTH SIOUX CITY — Floydene Esther Wiig-Johnston-Mathiesen, 87, South Sioux City, died July 13, 2019, at a Sioux City, Iowa, hospital.

Visitation with the family present will be 5-8 p.m., with a brief service at 7 p.m., Thursday, at Mohr Funeral Home, South Sioux City.  

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., July 19, at Mohr Funeral Home, South Sioux City.  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield.  

Floydene was born July 10, 1932, in Allen,, to Floyd and Ruth (Aglor) Wiig.  She married Willard Johnston in 1951, and they were blessed with five children while living on the family farm near Waterbury.  In 1970, she married James Melvin Mathiesen who had five children.

She taught for 37 years in the Siouxland area while traveling back and forth to her home in Lincoln, where she retired in 1991.  In 1974, she received one of the highest honors, Elementary Teacher of the Year in Nebraska, an honor that is noted nationally.

Floydene was a talented pianist and she organized many musical productions with her students.  She enjoyed traveling to Branson to attend country music concerts, and was involved with her church group.  She was also a huge Nebraska Women’s Basketball and Football fan.

Survivors include her children, Crystal Sparks and her children John and Joy Sparks; Bill (Terri) Johnston and children, Jason, Justin, Jeremy, and Joshua (Shannyn) Johnston; Jason (Jenny) Walding, Jerod Walding and Jenny (Brian) Anderson; Tim (Debbie) Johnston and children, Chad (Lori) Johnston, Rochelle (Jeremy) Reavis, and Angela (Jason) Meyer; and Kelli Rae Theiss; step children, Donna (Jerry) Schroeder, Barbara (Jerry) Baumgart, April (Steve) Rahn, and Steve (Michelle) Mathiesen; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and siblings, Paul (Jan) Wiig and June (George) Kourpias.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Ruth Wiig; her husbands, Willard Johnston and James Melvin Mathiesen; a son, Bradley Johnston; step son, James Mathiesen; and brothers, Harold (Janet) Wiig and Duane Wiig.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family for designations to be made at a later time.