JOHNSON, Gilbert C. (1916-2008)

JOHNSON, BAKER

Posted By: Janice Haan (email)
Date: 8/30/2012 at 07:45:21

Mason City--Gilbert C. Johnson, 91, of Mason City, died Saturday (March 1, 2008) at the Good Shepherd Health Center.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6, 2008, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 302 Fifth St. S.E., with the Rev. Craig Steimel officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery with Military Honors performed by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with a Scriptural wake service held at 6:30 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the Gilbert C. Johnson Memorial Fund.

Gilbert was born on March 13, 1916, in Britt, the son of John H. and Annie M. (Baker) Johnson. He attended school in rural Hancock County, and attended through eighth grade.

He enlisted in the Army on April 3, 1942 in Des Moines. He was in the 3rd Army Division and was part of the second wave onto Omaha Beach. He also served in the Battle of the Bulge and served under General George S. Patton. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 31, 1945, in Fort Knox, Ky.

After his return from the service, he returned to Britt and worked for Fred Theil and drove gas truck until going to work for Clarence Dahl in his service station. He was married to Dorothy Mulert on Nov. 18, 1946, in Britt. They moved to Mason City in 1957 and he went to work for Armour's until his retirement in 1982.

Gilbert loved working in his vegetable and flower garden; he enjoyed dancing, playing cards, watching Western movies, fishing, hunting, and camping in his younger years with his family. He also had a passion for horses. Family was very important to him and he enjoyed the time he spent with them. He also enjoyed spending time at Pro's Sandwich Shop for coffee with his friends. He was a member of the American Legion and a lifetime member of the Moose Lodge and also a 50-year member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

He is survived by his son, Timothy Paul Johnson and wife, Sue, of Erlanger, Ky.; daughter, Karen Kay Johnson, of Mason City; grandchildren, Chris Johnson and wife, Deb, of Rochester, Minn. and Scott Johnson and wife, Cassie, of Lomira, Wis.; great-grandson, Matthew James Johnson; sisters-in-law, June Krammerer and husband Leo of Cedar Rapids, Rita Berndt of Cedar Rapids, Ida Mulert of Dubuque, and Rita Mulert of Dubuque; cousin, Eva Weiner, of Bancroft; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Dorothy Johnson in 1993; siblings, Herbert, Clyde, Frank and Homer Johnson; sisters-in-law, Marcella, Mabel, Helen and Ruth Johnson; infant son, Ronald John Johnson; and great granddaughter, Natalie Marie Johnson.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, March 3, 2008