Johnson, Verda M. (Ohms) (1925 - 2022)

JOHNSON, OHMS, ARBAUGH

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/6/2022 at 19:19:38

Name of deceased: Verda M. Johnson (nee Ohms)

Aged: 96 yrs, 10 mo, 26 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Born: May 13, 1925; rural Redline, Shelby County, IA

Died: April 8, 2022; Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, April 16, 2022; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery, Elk Horn, IA

Survived by: Sons, Kent (spouse, Dixie) Johnson, of Lincoln, NE and Kevin (spouse, Kathy) Johnson, of Atlantic, IA; daughter, Cindy (spouse, Chuck) Arbaugh, of Gretna, NE; 8 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: no information provided

Education: Attended and completed school in Omaha, NE; she returned to college as an adult and finished her Bachelor of Science degree in 1972

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Folmer Carstensen Johnson; 1947; Douglas County, NE

Employment: Farmer’s wife until completing her teaching degree; retired in 1993 after 21 years of teaching first grade

Hobbies/Interests: Was an excellent cook, seamstress, and gardener; enjoyed china painting and painting landscapes with Bob Ross

Sources: kjan.com; knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com; Ancestry.com, Nebraska, U.S. Index to Marriages, 1909 - 1955