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Raymond Johnson services heldFuneral services for Raymond D. Johnson, 77, of Clarinda were conducted at the Clarinda Memorial Chapel on Saturday, July 2, 1977 at 2 pm. Pastor Marvin E. Engbrecht officiated and burial was in the Washinton Cemetery at Gravity, Iowa.Casket bearers were Wesley Glassgow, Tlaton Hicks, Willard Marsh, Lloyd Oxley, Lowell Oxley and Ray Stamps. A duet was sung by Miss Pat McDonald, and Grace Johnson accompanied by Mrs Don Lorenson. Mrs Ken Nieveen, and Mrs Arnold Johnson were in charge of the flowers and Mrs Lawson Mller and Mrs Bill McDonald were at the registers.Mr Johnson, an area farmer,passed away at Hope Hall, June 30, 1977 after a lengthly illness. He was born April 1, 1900, near Gravity, the son of Charles Edward and Eliza Ann E Bennett Johnson. He attended Skinner school and farmed in the Gravity area most of his life.He was united in marriage to Gladys Lock, December 23, 1930, at Hamburg, Iowa. While farming he was employed at the State Hospital School at Glen-wood. In 1958, he retired from farming and moved to Clarinda in 1963. He had been in failing health for 3 years.Survivors include is wife, Gladys of the home, two sons, Clair Abel, of Ephrata, Washington, Cloyce Abel of Creston, Iowa, a daughter, Mrs Eugene (Beverly) Houtchin of Gravity, 12 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, and a brother, Jesse Jhnson of Clarinda.Preceeding him were his parents, three sisters, three brothers and a daughter, Clarice in 1975.
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New Market Monitor
New Market, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 12, 1977
Page 4
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