Jo Henrikson

Georgene E. Henrikson (Jo), age 100, a resident of Spooner, passed away Wednesday, March 5th, 2026, at Dove Healthcare in Spooner, Wisconsin.

Jo was born to George and Esmeralda Marcio, November 25th, 1925, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There she lived with her parents and 2 siblings, Thomas Marcio and Lousie Marcio (Shoquist). Jo graduated from Roosevelt High School. In 1949, she was married to Leonard Henrikson. Jo and Leonard lived and worked in Minneapolis before moving to Chisago City, MN where they started a family and welcomed a son (Jeffrey) and daughter (Trudy). After some years, their work lives took them to Pine City, MN where Jo worked as a secretary at the local radio station. She was also the organist at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. While in Pine City they were blessed with their most treasured joy, granddaughter (Sammi). Eventually Jo and Leonard moved and made Spooner their home. Over the years Jo worked as a waitress at the Coffee Cup Cafe and as a store associate at the Red Cross Pharmacy. She most enjoyed her experience as the secretary at the United Methodist Church.

Jo’s 100 years were blessed with the gifts of family and friends, a deep faith in God and a life full of music. Jo was a loving, supportive and understanding mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. She was a devoted friend and a dedicated member of the United Methodist Church where she served as organist/pianist for the choir and soloist.

Most people knew Jo by her love of music. If she wasn’t playing or singing for church services, she was sharing her music at weddings, funerals or community events. Music was in her bones. As Jo’s years reached toward the milestone of her 100th year, her memories had faded and dimmed but the love she felt for her family was never forgotten, and her memory of music was never taken from her. Music was her soul. Jo always believed her talent for music was given her as a gift from God and sharing that music was not only her way of praising Him but was her way of giving all of us a piece of her heart. With her passing, a piece of our hearts are now with Jo in her eternal home where she is singing and playing her music with all the choirs of angels and touching the face God.

Jo is proceeded in death by her parents, her husband Leonard, her son Jeffrey Henrikson, brother Tommy Marcio and sister Louise Marcio (Shoquist).

She is survived by daughter Trudy Henrikson, Moorhead MN, granddaughter Sammi Haliburton (Hal), Zimmerman MN, great granddaughter Ashton Minke (Tyler), Zimmerman MN, great grandson Blake Haliburton (Tanya), Princeton MN, great-great granddaughter, Ryann Minke, great-great grandsons Emmitt and Archer Minke, Zimmerman MN, daughter-in-law Denise Peterson (Trevor), Hugo, niece Kelly Lund, nephews Steven and Troy Marcio, and many other great nieces and nephews.

A gathering to celebrate Jo’s life will be held at the Spooner Funeral Home, 306 Rusk St. in Spooner, Wisconsin, on Saturday, April 11th at 12 noon. Ice cream/cake and coffee to follow. Interment will be at the Spooner Veterans Cemetery near Spooner on Highway 70 west of Spooner.

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