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Howard M. Johnson, 82

POSTED: July 4, 2008

Howard Martin Johnson, 82, of Marshalltown, entered into eternal life June 28,
2008, at Villa Del Sol Health Care Center in Marshalltown.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Laurel United Methodist Church
in Laurel. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be
from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Estel-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home. Memorial
contributions may be directed to Laurel United Methodist Church or Iowa River
Hospice. Condolences may also be sent to his family at
www.vogelfuneralhomes.com.  Estel-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home is caring for Howard
and his family.

Howard Martin Johnson was born on Feb. 22, 1926, in Paton, Iowa, the son of
Martin and Magdeline (Kinne) Johnson. He grew up in the area of his birth and
graduated in 1944 from Kelley High School in Kelley, Iowa. In October 1949, he
married Pearl Abramson in Boone and together they were blessed with three
children. Howard worked on farms in Boone and Story counties before moving to
Marshalltown in 1952. He accepted employment at Lennox Industries where he
worked assembly lines, maintenance and the last 10 years as a heavy punch press
operator. On Oct. 17, 1987, he was united in marriage to Loretta Maytag of
Laurel. They made their home in Laurel and later in Marshalltown. Howard
retired from Lennox in 1988 after more than 36 years of service.

He was a member of Laurel United Methodist Church and the Cyclone Country
Ramblers Chapter \#338 of Holiday Rambler Recreational Vehicle Club. Howard was
also an avid amateur radio operator holding the call letters WA0LFL. He was a
Boy Scout leader and he loved to dance and travel. He was a good and faithful
husband who never complained of his fate in life.

He will be missed by his wife, Loretta, of Marshalltown; his three children:
Walter (Lee) Johnson of St. Paul, Minn., Carl (Sybel) Johnson of Des Moines,
Wash. and Loren (Renae) Johnson of Huxley; his stepson, Dean (Stephanie) Maytag
of Colgate, Wis.; stepdaughter, Denise (Mike) Cordes of Lincoln, Neb.; his
sister, Anna Butler of Marshalltown; his granddaughters, Laura and Eleanor
Johnson of Des Moines, Wash., and Allison Maytag of Colgate, Wis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother-in-law, John Butler.