Johnson, Orville S. 1921 - 2004

JOHNSON, ANWAY, VONHAGEN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/22/2013 at 04:46:34

Orville S. Johnson, 83, Clear Lake, died Sunday, April 18, 2004 at Muse-Norris
Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa with his family surrounding him. A
funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 21, 11 a.m. at
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City. The Rev.
Derik Yarian, of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake, will be officiating.
Interment will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery, Highway 122 W., Mason City.
Military Honors will be presented by Mason Veterans Memorial Association.
Memorials may be given to the Orville S. Johnson Memorial Fund.
Orville was born Jan. 21, 1921 in Scarville, Iowa. He attended schools in
Mason City. Orville served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Following the war he
came back to Mason City. He married Grace Anway. He worked as a mechanic and
later for O'Brien Moving and Storage both in Mason City.
Orville enjoyed working on cars, dancing at the V.F.W., sight seeing, going to
parks in Mason City and being with family and friends. He was a member of the
Mason City V.F.W.
Orville is survived by a son, Arnold Johnson, Pennsylvania; brother, Larry
Johnson and Sherri, Lubbock, Texas; a sister, Evelyn Vonhagen and her husband,
Oliver, Northwood, Iowa and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews.
Orville was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; six brothers, Wayne,
Norman, Clifford, Vernon, Kenneth and Leonard and two sisters, Elaine and
Pearl.