Harriet Faye Johnson 1928 - 2022
JOHNSON, DOUGLAS, RUSH
Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 10/11/2022 at 13:44:55
Harriet Faye Johnson, 94, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away on September 29, 2022.
A memorial service will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Goslar Funeral Home Chapel, Onawa, Iowa with Reverend Dr. Christopher Jacobsen, officiating. A live stream of the service will be posted on the Goslar Funeral Home website with Harriet’s obituary. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel. A luncheon will be held at the Onawa Country Club following the service. Burial will be held at Fairview Cemetery, Albaton, Iowa, following the luncheon. Arrangements are under the direction of Goslar Funeral Home and Monuments, Onawa, Iowa.
Harriet was born on January 4, 1928 to Clyde and Emma (Douglas) Rush on the family farm near Sloan, Iowa. After graduating from high school, she moved to Sioux City, Iowa. On August 1, 1951, Harriet married Verne “Bob” Johnson, whom she met when her sister, Elaine, married Bob’s brother, Charles. Harriet and Bob were married for 66 years until his death on October 10, 2017. They had three girls. While raising their family, they lived in Sioux City, Sibley, and Burlington, Iowa.
Harriet worked at JC Penney for 23 years in Burlington and Des Moines, Iowa, retiring in 1990. She was an avid seamstress, making clothes for her daughters, even their wedding dresses. She and Bob always had a large garden, and kept busy freezing corn and canning tomatoes and beans. They were also very involved with activities at Faith Lutheran Church in Burlington, Iowa.
Following retirement, Harriet and Bob became full time RV-ers for 21 years traveling all parts of the United States. They especially enjoyed spending time with their families. The grandkids spent many a summer with them at Cutty’s in Okoboji and Des Moines, playing mini golf, Cutty’s Olympics, and swimming. They finally settled down in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2012. Harriet always enjoyed playing cards and games with family and friends.
She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Johnson (Stephen Pelkey), of Winona, Minnesota, Linda (Tom) Ahlers of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Lori (Paul) Zingg of Ottumwa, Iowa; her grandchildren, Stuart Hammer, Ben Hammer (Alison Tanner), Tyler (Elizabeth) Ahlers, Claire (Zack) Zehrer, Nicole (Jeff) Pratt, Elizabeth Hammer (Ben Sundem), Katelyn Zingg and Rachel Zingg; and her great-grandchildren, Clara, Lauren and Andrew Hammer, Everett and Lawrence Zehrer, Aiden and Colson Ahlers, and Nathan and Hailey Hammer; sister, Phyllis DeWolf of Sioux City, Iowa; sister-in-law, Lorraine Rush of Osborn, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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