Verl D. Johnson
Born: August 8, 1905, Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa
Died: September 21,1966 in Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado
Buried: Lot 230
Married: Florence L. Rabenau on December 24, 1928 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Jesse, Cecilia and Helen
Parents: Jesse and Lydia Martin Johnson
Verl D. Johnson, Former Resident, Dies in Colorado
Verl D. Johnson, 61, of 2635 Mapleton No. 34, Boulder, Colo., a former resident of Newton, died at 2:10 a.m. today at the American Medical Center Hospital at Denver, Colo.
Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which have not been completed.
Survivors are his wife, Florence; a son, Jesse Richard of Boulder, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Norman (Cecelia) Ringgenberg of Newton and Mrs. Clarence (Helen) Davidson of Newton; 10 grandchildren and a brother Claire Johnson of Newton.
Mr. Johnson was a member of the Lutheran Church in Boulder.
A maintenance man at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Mr. Johnson came to Newton from Lucas County in 1919 and moved to Boulder in 1953.
The son of Jesse and Lydia Martin Johnson, he was born Aug. 8, 1905 in Lucas County near Chariton.
He was married to Florence Rabeneau Dec. 24, 1928 in Newton. ~ Newton Daily News, September 21, 1966
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Verl Johnson Rites Set for Saturday
Funeral services for Verl D. Johnson, 61, of Boulder, Colo., a former Newton resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Metz Community Church.
The Rev. Robert B. Willhoite, minister of the First Baptist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
The casket will not be open. Memorial contributions to the American Medial Center Hospital at Spivak, Colo., will be accepted.
Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial service was held today at Boulder, Colo.
Mr. Johnson, who resided in Newton from 1919 to 1953, died Wednesday at the American Medical Center Hospital. ~ September 22, 1966.
Florence (Rabenau) Johnson
Born: July 28, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: November 22, 2000 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 230
Married: Verl D. Johnson on December 24, 1928 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Jesse, Cecilia and Helen
Married: Willard Ferguson on December 29, 1974 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Parents: Philip and Mary Rabenau
Florence Ferguson
Florence Ferguson, 91, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Careage of Newton.
Funeral services will be Monday at 10 a.m. at Reese Chapel in Newton with the Rev. Mark Jacobs, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at [Newton Memorial Park Cemetery - this is incorrect. She is buried at Sugar Grove Cemetery.]
Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Sunday morning with the family present from 3 to 5 p.m. Memorials will be accepted for the First Baptist Church of Newton.
The daughter of [Roy and Elva Lowry Peterson - [this is incorrect. Her parents were Philip and Mary Rabenau], she was born July 28, 1909, in Chicago, Ill. She married Verl D. Johnson on Dec. 24, 1928, and moved to Colorado in 1953. She married Willard Ferguson Dec. 29, 1974, moved to California in 1975, and then returned to Newton in 1980.
Mrs. Ferguson worked in the office at Newton Manufacturing and retired from The Boulder Valley School District in 1974. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Newton.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Cecilia and Norman Ringgenberg of Baxter and Helen and Clarence Davidson of Newton; one son and daughter-in-law, Jesse (Dick) and Edith Johnson of Ratcliff, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, an infant daughter, one brother and one grandson. ~ The Newton Daily News, November 24, 2000