Obit Cherokee Co. Archives for:
Name: Dean Albert Johnson
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Submitted by: Kay Hubbard Thompson
Email: katiewho@intellex.com 
Date: 5/15/2002
to the Cherokee Co., OK Archives site
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cherokee/cherokee.html
Bill Cook, Cherokee Co. Archivist, wcook14024@aol.com
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TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS
TAHLEQUAH, OK
APRIL 23, 2002

DEAN ALBERT JOHNSON
     Tahlequah---Funeral services for Dean Johnson, 78, of Tahlequah, were held 
at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2002, in the First Evangelical Free Church of 
Tahlequah with Pastor Josef Tschirhart officiating. 
 
Interment followed in Tahlequah City Cemetery under the direction of Green 
Country Funeral Home.
     
Pallbearers were Joshua Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Dale Fultz, Chris Vincent, 
Gary Walker and Tim Merilatt.
    
 Dean was born Oct. 25, 1923, in  Barnes, Kansas, the son of Jay and Hazel 
Johnson.  He went home to be with the Lord on April 20, 2002.

     Dean married Evelyn Glazner on May 1, 1942, in Bloomfield, N.M.  They lived 
in Cahone, Co., and spent the following 16 years farming.  

He accepted the Lord as his savior on June 21, 1953, and his life dramatically 
changed.  God gave him a real desire to serve the Lord.  

In 1959, he left his farm and moved to Shawnee, Kansas where he attended KC 
Bible College.  

After working in the post office for about 12 years, he and his wife moved to 
Tahlequah, where they served at Markoma Bible Academy for 10 years before 
retiring.
     
Dean was a master craftsman with wood; building houses, furniture, shelves, 
yard ornaments and many other crafts, which he shared with his family.  

He also enjoyed working in his yard and garden, as well as hunting and fishing.
    
He was a member of the First Evangelical Free Church in Tahlequah, where he 
served in a variety of positions and was loved by all.  

He will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Betty Ruth Kelker.
     
He is survived by his wife of 59 years; three children, Sharron Fultz and 
husband Dale, of Bagley, Minn., Del Johnson and wife Karen, and Janet Johnson 
all of Tahlequah; six grandchildren, Sahri Vincent and husband Chris, and Marcie 
Fultz, all of Aurora, Neb., Lori Fultz Peichowski of St Joseph, Minn., Joshua 
Johnson and wife Vannessa, of Hulbert, Denise Johnson and Dustin Johnson and 
wife Amber, all 
of Tahlequah; five great-grandchildren, Samantha and Benjamin Vincent, Jessica 
and Caleb Piechowski, and Connor Johnson; a sister, Carol Faye Boles and husband 
Daryl, of Fredonia, Kansas; many nieces and nephews, and a host of other 
relatives, friends and loved ones.
     
Memorial may be sent to the First Free Evangelical Church of Tahlequah.