Services for Donald Johnson, 63, were held Friday, September 21, 2012 at the New Providence Church. Serving as Pallbearers were Joe Miller, Jake Rodgers, Brian Beaty, Jay Pierschbacher, Kevin Briggs, Sunny Atwell, Phil Shenefield and Marshal Schlutz. Serving as Horsemen were Mike Beaty, Henry Yoder and sons, Richard Yoder and Harley Yoder. Interment was in the Confidence Cemetery. Family visitation was held September 20, 2012 at Fielding Funeral Home in Chariton.
Donald Clarence Johnson was born on September 19, 1948 in Ida Grove, Iowa to Clarence and Alvena (Moss) Johnson. He went home to be with the Lord on September 16, 2012 at the age of 63 due to complications following a double lung transplant.
Don spent all of his childhood in Ida Grove, Iowa graduating from Ida Grove High School in 1967. Don served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Don was baptized as a child in the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. He was a member of the New Providence Baptist Church and when he and Linda relocated to Pittsburgh to await his transplant, he returned to his childhood Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.
Don loved horses and enjoyed showcasing his horses every year in the Avenue of Breeds at the Iowa State Fair.
On May 28, 1983, Don married Linda Buttz of Russell and moved his family to rural Russell to follow his passion for farming and livestock. Each of Don's five children has many fond memories of the time spent with their dad on the farm and off.
Left to cherish the wonderful memories are his wife Linda, his five children, Chad (Michele), Heather (Josh), Scott (Lori), Mark (Jill), Wes (Erin), his sister Margene, brother Ronnie (Patsy), sisters-in-law, and his eight grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Family House, Lucas County Extension/Lucas County 4-H Program or the New Providence Baptist Church.
His family believes that the donation of organs is a compassionate and heroic gift and they encourage everyone to be an organ donor as there are so many others waiting for their second chance.
(The complete Obituary appeared in the Chariton Herald-Patriot Newspaper dated September 27, 2012)
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