Verner
Johnson, 81
Macomb,
Ill. - Verner Johnson, 81, formerly of Thief
River Falls, died Wednesday, February 14, 2001 at
Cape Coral Hospital in Cape Coral, Fla.
Funeral
services were held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday,
February 17, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Macomb,
Ill. with Rev. Michael Thomas officiating.
Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery with
Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home of Macomb in
charge of the arrangements.
Verner
Bernhard Johnson was born on March 23, 1919 at
Duluth, the son of Johannes and Amanda (Karlson)
Johnson. He graduated from Duluth Central High
School in 1937 and Duluth State Teachers College in
1942. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and spent
time at Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
Midshipman's school at Notre Dame and as a Naval
officer on a post-World War II goodwill tour of the
world. He received his master's degree from the
University of Minnesota and Ed.D. from the
University of Missouri.
Verner
was united in marriage to Eilene Grinde on July 2,
1950 in Thief River Falls. He taught at Lincoln
High School in Thief River Falls and moved to
Macomb in 1958 where he taught in the Industrial
Education & Technology Department at Western
Illinois University for 25 years until his
retirement in May of 1983.
He
was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Macomb
and Macomb Kiwanis Club.
Verner
is survived by his wife, Eilene; two daughters,
Lynne (Jerry) Riggins of Macomb and Joy
(Christopher) Meade of Geneva, Ill.; seven
grandchildren; and a sister, Martha Hendrickson of
Two Harbors.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and a brother,
Clarence.
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