Johnson, Donald W. (1931-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 30 Apr 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1931

text of obituary:

DONALD W. JOHNSON

Donald W. Johnson was born to Jesse and Vada Shaffer Johnson on Feb. 8, 1931, in McPherson County, Kan. He died of cancer on April 3, 1987, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, at the age of 56.

In his teen years he was witnessed as having been converted and saved by the Lord Jesus Christ. He remained strong in his personal faith to the Lord to the end. He was a member of the Greensburg (Kan.) Mennonite Church.

He married Edna Nightingale on Jan. 28, 1951, at Scott City. He was a kind, compassionate and loving husband and father. He added teaching of love, obedience to and the forgiveness of God and love and respect for all his creation. His children remember how special they were to him.

His survivors include his wife, Edna; five children, Starla (Mrs. Jerry) Koehn of Galva, Peter and wife Marjorie of Haviland, Gaylene (Mrs. Daniel) Baumgartner of Wichita, Michelle of Haviland, Donald Jr. of Haviland; a son-in-law, Morris Jones of Morristown, Ind.; five grandchildren, three brothers and their wives, Harold and Thelma Johnson, Charles and Joyce Johnson and Doyle and Jane Johnson.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cheri Rae Jones, and two granddaughters.

Funeral services were held at Lone Tree Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Galva, on April 6, 1987, with Daniel Koehn and Milton Unruh officiating. Interment was in the Lone Tree Church cemetery.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon