Marjorie I. Johnson was born in Burnett, Wisconsin on April 21, 1921. She attended schools in nearby Horicon and graduated from the local high school in 1938. She worked various jobs in the area until enlisting in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) at the end of 1942. She received basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and additional specialized training at Denton, Texas. She was then assigned to Freeman Field in Seymour, Indiana where she worked with the post reproduction office doing clerical work. While there, the WAAC became the Women's Army Corps (W.A.C.) and Johnson reenlisted. She met and began dating Mondell Stewart, a medic, at Freeman Field and the two married on the base in September 1944. Soon after she became pregnant and was discharged from the W.A.C.s. She returned to her parents' house while Stewart remained in the Army Air Force. She gave birth to a daughter, Marsha, in September 1945 and moved to be with Stewart on Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi until he was discharged.
Following his discharge, the family lived in Utah and Idaho before moving to Milwaukee where Mondell worked for Milwaukee County and Marjorie for various federal agencies. Mondell, who was born December 8, 1921 in Utah, passed away on November 19, 2000.
