JOHNSON, Jaynard B. 1909-1992

JOHNSON

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson (email)
Date: 10/4/2006 at 22:23:18

AUSTIN, MINN. -- Jaynard B. Johnson Sr., 82, of Osage, Iowa, formerly of Austin, died Saturday (Jan. 25, 1992) in Maple Manor Nursing Home in Osage.

Born Oct. 6, 1909, in Worth County, Iowa, he lived most of his life in Freeborn and Mower County, where he farmed.

On Oct. 21, 1931, he married Rosella Nelson. The couple moved to Austin in 1946, where Mr. Johnson was employed at Geo. A. Hormel Co. until 1972, when he retired.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Jaynard Jr. of Lansing and Richard of Owatonna; four daughters, Jo Ann Payne of St. Paul, Mary Zuehl of Toeterville, Iowa, Suzzane Allen of Donna, Texas, and Deborah Oelkers of Grantsburg, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Sander of Austin, LeRoy of Mona, Iowa, and Jim of Phoenix; five sisters, Selma Berg of Northwood, Iowa, Bertha Barclay and Lola Erickson, both of Austin, Gladys Bruce of Rochester and Rose Hansen of Longville, Minn. He was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, a great-grandson, four brothers and two sisters.

The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. Peter Lutheran Church in Toeterville, Iowa, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Garden in Austin.

Friends may call from 10:30 p.m. until time of service at the church.