Ruth Helen Will Johnson 1921-2014

JOHNSON, WILL, LENZ, OPPOLD, STRATTON, ADAMS

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 11/21/2014 at 13:12:14

Ruth Johnson
October 9, 1921
January 22, 2014

Ruth Johnson, age 92 of Sibley, IA died Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at the Sibley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Sibley, IA.

Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sibley, IA with Rev. Barb Kopperud officiating.

Burial will follow at Holman Township Cemetery in Sibley.

Ruth Helen Johnson was born October 10, 1921 in Algona, Iowa. She was the daughter of Walter and Cora [Lenz] Will. Ruth grew up and attended high school in Algona.

On September 7, 1941, Ruth married Glenn A. Johnson in Algona. Following a few years of military service, where Glenn served in active duty in WWII, Ruth & Glenn moved to Sibley, Iowa where they remained for all of their married life.

Ruths strong work ethic was ever present as she raised her six boys while baking and keeping books for the family restaurant, greeting her customers at the family neighborhood grocery store and later working as the supervisor in the shipping department at Chase Bag Company,

She enjoyed her many friends playing bridge and pinnacle and serving on various committees in her church and community, Ruth set a lasting example for her family, always placing first priority on the needs of her family and the her spiritual life at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sibley.

She will always be remembered for her generosity to others, her calm demeanor and her engaging smile. In the fall of 2002, Ruth and Glenn became residents of the Sibley Nursing and Rehab Center.

Following Glenn's death in December of 2003, Ruth fell victim of acute Alzheimer disease and died on January 22, 2014.

Those left to cherish her memory are her six sons: Doug and Cheryl of Oacoma, SD, Chuck and Susan of Waterloo, IA, Tom and Jane of Pierre, SD, Richard and Carol of Centennial, Co, Scott and Janet of Sioux Falls, SD, Max and Sharon of Tacoma, WA, with ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Ruth was preceded in death by a first child which was a stillborn daughter, her parents, three sisters Barb Oppold, Reta Stratton and Doris Adams, and three brothers, Wayne, Don and Jim.

Jurrens Funeral Home