OBITUARY: Lawrence L. Johnson 1930-2002, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Oct 23, 2002]




                         Lawrence L. Johnson

Funeral services for Lawrence L. Johnson, age 72, of Osage were held at
1:30 pm Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in
Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating.

Interment was in the Osage Cemetery. Military rites were conducted by the
Osage American Legion Post 278.

Lawrence died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, at the Mitchell County Regional Health
Center in Osage from complications of a stroke. He was born April 8, 1930
in Rolfe, IA the son of Vernet and Mildred (Neilsen) Johnson. He attended
school at Rolfe. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. Lawrence was
united in marriage to Faye Dohlman on Jan. 5, 1955, at the Little Brown
Church in Nashua. They lived and farmed in the Riceville area and moved
to Osage in 1997.

He continued to help with farming in the New Haven area and he was noted
for being the neighborhood mechanic. He was a member of Our Savior's
Lutheran Church

Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Herb Johnson
and one granddaughter Jodi Oulman in 1995.

His survivors include his wife Faye Johnson of Osage, two daughters,
Vickie Brown and husband Lynn of Osage, Cindy Bartusek and husband Dave
of Osage, three sons, Steven "Redbone" Johnson of Riceville, Mike Johnson
and wife Betty of Stacyville, Pat Johnson and wife Cindy of Adams, MN, four
sisters Delores House and husband Dick of Anchorage, AK, Elaine West of
Riceville, Ilalee Fjetland and husband Donald of Riceville, Ivadel Fjetland
and husband Danny of Riceville, 11 grandchildren, one step-grandson and
two great grandsons.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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