JOHNSON, Raymond Floyd

JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, MULLIKIN, VAN SICKLE, DAERING, SCARFF, BELL, BREMER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 6/2/2007 at 16:57:18

"The Fairfield Ledger", Thursday, April 12, 2007, Page 8

JOHNSON, Raymond Floyd -- Raymond Floyd JOHNSON, 84, of Pleasant Plain, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Mesa, Ariz.

Arrangements are pending at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton.

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"The Fairfield Ledger", Friday, April 13, 2007, Page 10

JOHNSON, Floyd -- Floyd JOHNSON, 84, of Pleasant Plain, died late Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Mesa, Ariz., following a brief illness.

A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Greg Berkey of Watertown, S.D., officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Monday, with family present from 6:30-8 p.m., at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established to the Aztec Worship Center, 4220 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85205.

Mr. JOHNSON was born Dec. 2, 1922, near Pleasant Plain, the son of Oscar and Esther WILLIAMS JOHNSON. He married Hazel MULLIKIN Feb. 10, 1946. She died Feb. 5, 1967. He married Margery VAN SICKLE DAERING Sept. 7, 1968.

Mr. JOHNSON grew up in the Pleasant Plain area and graduated from Pleasant Plain High Shcool in 1941. He then joined the U.S. Navy and served during World War II, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart.

Mr. JOHNSON and his first wife settled on his family farm, where he farmed for 50 years and received a Jefferson County Conservation Award. He and his second wife wintered in Mesa for the past 17 years.

Mr. JOHNSON served on the Pleasant Plain school board for a number of years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Washington. He was a Hawkeye fan and enjoyed golfing.

Surivors include his wife; four children, Ray JOHNSON and wife Nancy of Minneapolis, Minn., Barbara SCARFF and husband Michael of Palm Springs, Calif., Terri BELL and husband Tom of Lone Tree and Karen BREMER and husband Greg of Inedpendence, Ky.; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Dale JOHNSON; and one granddaughter.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

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