JOHNSON, Jaynard B. 1909-1992

JOHNSON, ERICKSON, NELSON, OELKERS, BRUCE, ZUEHL, BERG, ALLEN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/5/2008 at 12:23:39

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Jaynard B. Johnson, Sr., 82, of Osage, died at Maple Manor Saturday, Jan. 25, 1992. Funeral services were held Jan. 28, 1992 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Toeterville, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Osage, officiating.

Jaynard B. Johnson, Sr. was born in Deer Creek Township, Worth County, October 6, 1909, the son of John S. and Sophia (Erickson) Johnson. He was baptized at Deer Creek Valley Church, Northwood, and confirmed at Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church, Lyle. He went to school in the Lyle area.

October 21, 1935 he was married to Rosella Nelson and six children were born to this union. He lived most of his life in Freeborn and Mower County working as a farm laborer. In 1946, he started working at Hormel's as a farm laborer and retired in 1972. After retirement he moved from farmstead to farmstead raising sheep as a hobby. After losing his driver's license because of poor eyesight, he moved to Heritage House, Lyle, then to Twin Towers, Austin, Minnesota. Since December 6 he has been a resident of Maple Manor, Osage.

Jaynard is survived by his wife, Rosella of Austin; children, Lester and JoAnn Payne, St. Paul, Minn.; K. Dean and Mary Zuehl, Toeterville; Jaynard Jr. and Phyllis Johnson of Lansing, Minn.; Richard and Mary Ann Johnson, Owatonna, Minn.; Robert and Suzanne Allen of Donna, Texas; Larry and Deborah Oelkers, Grantsberg, Wis.; 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Selma Berg, Northwood; Sander Johnson, Austin, Rose Hansen, Longville, Minn.; LeRoy and Mina Johnson, Mona; Bertha Barclay, Austin; Victor and Gladys Bruce, Rochester; Jim and Avis Johnson, Phoenix, Arizona; Lola Erickson, Austin; many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George, Jason, Magnus, Johnny; sisters, Johanna and Agnes; great grandchildren, Mathew and Kathleen Novack.

Burial was in Grandview Memorial Gardens in Austin, Minn.

(St. Ansgar Enterprise-Journal, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 30 JAN 1992)

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AUSTIN, MINN. -- Jaynard B. Johnson Sr., 82, of Osage, Iowa, formerly of Austin, died Saturday (Jan. 25, 1992) in Maple Manor Nursing Home in Osage.

Born Oct. 6, 1909, in Worth County, Iowa, he lived most of his life in Freeborn and Mower County, where he farmed.

On Oct. 21, 1931, he married Rosella Nelson. The couple moved to Austin in 1946, where Mr. Johnson was employed at Geo. A. Hormel Co. until 1972, when he retired.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Jaynard Jr. of Lansing and Richard of Owatonna; four daughters, Jo Ann Payne of St. Paul, Mary Zuehl of Toeterville, Iowa, Suzzane Allen of Donna, Texas, and Deborah Oelkers of Grantsburg, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Sander of Austin, LeRoy of Mona, Iowa, and Jim of Phoenix; five sisters, Selma Berg of Northwood, Iowa, Bertha Barclay and Lola Erickson, both of Austin, Gladys Bruce of Rochester and Rose Hansen of Longville, Minn. He was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, a great-grandson, four brothers and two sisters.

The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. Peter Lutheran Church in Toeterville, Iowa, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Garden in Austin.

Friends may call from 10:30 p.m. until time of service at the church.