Johnson, Myra Louise 1918-2005

JOHNSON, SPECHT, MAYER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer
Date: 4/14/2007 at 20:34:01

MARCUS, Iowa -- Myra L. Johnson, 86, of Marcus passed away Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars, Iowa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Peace Lutheran Church in Marcus, with the Rev. James Gruber officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Marcus. Visitation will begin 2 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Earnest-Rohde Funeral Home in Marcus. There will also be one hour of visitation Friday prior to the services at the church.

Myra Louise Specht was born Dec. 7, 1918, at Sheridan Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, the daughter of John and Amelia (Mayer) Specht. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith on Dec. 17, 1918, and confirmed on April 9, 1933, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Marcus.

On March 30, 1978, Myra and Roy O. Johnson were united in marriage at Marcus. The couple made their home on a farm near Marcus, where they raised their family. Roy passed away suddenly on March 29, 1986. Myra remained on the farm until moving to Le Mars in 1997. She had been a resident of the Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars since 2002.

She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Marcus. She enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, baking and canning. Her true dedication in life was her faithful devotion to her husband and family. Myra will be lovingly remembered for her charming smile, strong faith, her caring ways and thoughtfulness of others.

Left to cherish her memories are her two daughters, Betty Kommes and her husband, Leonard of Le Mars and Patty Laubenthal and her husband, Dave of Spencer, Iowa; two sons, Wayne Johnson and his wife, Teresa of Greeley, Colo. and John B. Johnson and his wife, Marirose of Marcus; eight grandchildren, Brent Kommes and his wife, Larissa of Sioux City, Angela Kommes of Sioux Falls, S.D., Heidi Kommes of Savannah, Ga., Katie and Jessica Johnson of Greeley, Lindy, Adam and Dilan Laubenthal of Spencer; a sister, Catherine Wendt of Cleghorn, Iowa; two brothers, Robert Specht and his wife, Elvera of Cleghorn, Iowa and Roy Specht of Marcus.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 48 years, Roy; two sons, LeRoy and Vernon; a daughter, Linda; a granddaughter, Ashley Johnson; and a brother, Harris Specht.

Pallbearers will be Myra's grandchildren.

[Part of the Darrell Eason Obituary Collection; source:Sioux City Journal]