John Helmer Johnson

John H. Johnson, 79, retired Plymouth county farmer and longtime assessor, died unexpectedly Thursday (March 1, 1990) in Le Mars. He suffered a heart attack while attending the Le Mars Lions Club noon luncheon.

Funeral was held at 10:30 a.m. March 5, at Calvary United Methodist church. Rev. Ken Royar officiated. Burial was in Resthaven Memory Gardens under direction of Mauer-Johnson funeral home.

John Helmer Johnson was born Oct. 8, 1910 in Day county, S.D., the son of Henry and Petra Frostad Johnson. He attended rural school and graduated from Butler, S.D. high school, moving to Plymouth county in 1931. His marriage to Doris Zimmerman took place Nov. 22, 1934, in Stanton township. The couple farmed in Plymouth township until 1979, when they moved to Le Mars.

Mr. Johnson was a Plymouth county field assessor from 1964 until 1971. He was a county assistant assessor from 1972 until 1976, providing part-time help in the assessor's office until 1983. He was also a township trustee and a school bus driver 13 years for the Le Mars Community school district. He was a longtime member of Merrill-Stanton Evangelical United Brethren church and current member of Calvary United Methodist church, Le Mars Loins club and Le Mars Peer Counselors.

Surviving are his wife, Doris, Le Mars; a son, Harley of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; three daughters, Plymouth county recorder Ina Gatts, Le Mars, Lorna and her husband, James Easton of rural Hawarden, and Mary and her husband, Robert Lykke, of Omaha. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Holger and his wife, Viola of Aberdeen, S.D., and Herbert and his wife, Vernice of Roslyn, S.D.; four sisters, Stella and her husband, Louis Dahl of Sumner, Wash., Pearl and her husband, Charles Thayer of Puyallup, Wash., Minnie and her husband, Rev. Arthur Grorud of Le Mars, and Elaine and her husband, Willis Chilson, and a sister-in-law, 0Evelyn Johnson, all of Sisseton, S.D,, and 21 nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers', in infancy and a brother, Lawrence in 1977.

Akron Register Tribune Thursday, March 8, 1990 Akron, Iowa* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 16 2020, 18:05:04 UTC

• residence: Nutley, Day, South Dakota, United States - 1920
• residence: Same House - 1935
• residence: Plymouth Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States - 1940
• residence: Lemars, Iowa - 24 Feb 1980
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• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 22 2021, 19:45:34 UTC
• residence: Nutley, Day, South Dakota, United States - 1920
• residence: Same House - 1935
• residence: Plymouth Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States - 1940
• residence: Lemars, Iowa - 24 Feb 1980
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