Johnson, Walter H. 1915-1990

JOHNSON, POPKEN, NORMAN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 11/28/2011 at 14:28:06

WALTER H. JOHNSON

Walter H. Johnson, 74, Akron native, and lifelong resident, died Wednesday (October 24, 1990) at a Sioux City hospital’ after a long illness.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Akron with Pastor Allen Bidne officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 2-9 Friday with the family present from 7-8 p.m. at Schroeder Funeral Home in Akron.

Mr. Johnson was born Nov. 21, 1915, at Akron, the son of Gerd and Lizzie Popken Johnson. He married Evelyn Norman Dec. 20, 1940, at Dakota City, Nebr. She died in 1985. He farmed his entire life in the Merrill and Akron area, retiring in 1986.

Mr. Johnson was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Romans of South Sioux City; a son, Dennis and his wife, Myrna, of Akron; a special friend, Mary Pollard of Sioux City; two grandchildren, Brian and Tanya; and a sister, Mrs. Vance (Wanda) Erickson, of Sun City, Az.

~Source: The LeMars Sentinel, unknown date of publication