JOHNSON, Margarite (Love, Buchanan) 1941-2018

JOHNSON, LOVE, CARR, BUCHANAN

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 4/17/2018 at 07:35:48

Margarite Johnson

Died: Apr 4, 2018

Services:
Friday, April 13, 2018 at Antioch Baptist Church (426 Sumner Street in Waterloo)

Cemetery
Garden of Memories Cemetery

Memorials
May be directed to the family at 415 Florence Street, Waterloo, IA 50703 where they will be receiving friends.

Biography--

Margarite Johnson, age 76, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

She was born July 1, 1941 in Oakland, MS, the daughter of Robert and Lillie (Carr) Love, Sr. Margarite was united in marriage with Ike Buchanan in 1967 in Waterloo and they were later divorced. She married Robert Johnson in 1989 in Waterloo and he preceded her in death.

Margarite worked as a dietary aide in the John Deere Foundry cafeteria and for the Waterloo Community Schools. She also was a senior care provider for 10 years. Margarite was an active member of Antioch Baptist Church, where she served on the Mother’s board, missions committee and sang in the Senior Choir. She was a member of the Eastern Star, volunteered for many years at the Jesse Cosby Center and was a loving mother to her family for over 59 years.

Survivors include four daughters, D’Lesia Cryer (William Miner) of Davenport, Lillie (Brian) Phillips, Veronica Buchanan (Roy Webster), and Titania Buchanan (David Harrington); a son, Larry Buchanan, all of Waterloo; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren and four sisters, Katie Martin of Rock Island, IL, Evelyn Riley, Charlotte Harrington, and DeRich Austin all of Waterloo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Robert; two sons, James and Johnnie Cryer; a daughter, Brenda Fisher; and three brothers, Robert Love, Jr. in infancy, Wyoddie Love and Warren Love.

SOURCE: Kearns funeral home website