Doris Jo Johnson, age 96, of Odebolt, Iowa, died August 14, 2010, at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center (ONRC) in Odebolt, peacefully surrounded by her family and members of the faithful and kind staff of that home.Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 16, 2010, at the Arthur Evangelical Free Church in Arthur, Iowa, under the direction of Christensen-Huffman Funeral Homes. The Reverends Tom Garasha and Glen Lozier will officiate, with burial to follow in the Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, Iowa. Visitation will be held at the church on Monday one hour prior to services.
Born June 12, 1914, at home in Ida County, Iowa, Doris was the second daughter of Will and Anna (Etler) McGee. Doris and her older sister, Helen, were joined in 1919 by her younger brother Charles. Youngest sister Irene joined the family in 1927.
The McGee family was a hard-working farm family. They had gardens and animals and grew and raised everything they needed. Life on the farm was simple but satisfying. Hard work was followed by times of music, puzzles, and enjoyment of God's beautiful outdoors. Doris grew into a great gardener, a hard worker, thrifty always and talented in every kind of work involving thread.
Doris was a woman of strength in character, both physically and spiritually. After her dad broke his neck in the fall of 1933, there was no one to pick their 40 acres of corn so Doris and Helen completed the entire task by hand.
At an early age Doris eagerly went forward at the first evangelical meeting she ever attended. At age 22 she received Jesus as her Lord and Savior at this meeting. Jesus was not just her Savior but her dearest friend and Doris spent every day of her life after that as a Christ-follower, faithful church volunteer and committed soul-winner who was always concerned with the spiritual welfare of everyone she met. She was an enthusiastic greeter at every church service.
Doris met her future husband, Wally Johnson of Kiron, at Reverend Stair's Crusaders Area Youth Group. After dating, they married February 8, 1941, at Doris' family home in rural Ida County. Doris and Wally started their married life at his parents' farm south of Odebolt. Doris was a hard-working partner and fulltime mother and homemaker. They welcome three children: Reese, Zane, and Lynn. Doris was a great cook and loved to share her home with others.
After Wally passed in 1981, Doris continued on the farm until moving into Odebolt in the mid 80's. There Doris enjoyed "city-life" close to her grandchildren's school activities and closer to her beloved church.
In 2005, Doris moved to the ONRC. Although it was difficult to give up her independence, she learned to love the home.
Left to cherish her memory are her three children, Reese (Rose) Johnson, and Zane (Carol) Johnson, all of Kiron, and Lynn (Tom) Garasha of Prescott, AZ. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Troy, Jodi, Kristin, Kip, Kim, Carmen; many great-grandchildren and a host of friends and relatives.
In addition to her husband, Doris was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Helen McGee and Irene Lindberg.
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