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- [S537] Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935.
Name: Ray Frederic Johnston
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 06 Nov 1926
Event Place: Hornick, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Earl B Johnston
Mother's Name: Minnie Clift
Certificate Number:
GS Film number: 1451574
Digital Folder Number: 004265769
Image Number: 00146
- [S170] U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection.
Name: Roy Johnston
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 85
Residence: Sioux City, USA
Date of Birth: 6 Nov 1926
Birth Place: Holly Springs, Iowa, USA
Date of Death: 24 Nov 2011
Source Location: Mohawk Valley, USA
Spouse: Beth Butler
Children: Carol of Sioux City, and Susan and Kirk of Valdez, Alaska
Parents: Earl Benton
[Minnie Emeline Johnston]
Brothers and Sisters: Carrie Johnston; Edna Stowe; Mary Sieger and Lily Flewelling; Walter and Lloyd Johnston
Military: veteran
Full Obituary: Obituary for Roy JohnstonSIOUX CITY -- Roy F. Johnston, 85, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, of natural causes at a Sioux City hospital.Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hornick United Methodist Church in Hornick, Iowa. Burial will be in Willow Township Cemetery, Holly Springs, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m, and a 7 p.m. prayer service, at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home.Roy was born Nov. 6, 1926, to Earl Benton and Minnie Emeline Johnston in Holly Springs, Iowa. Roy attended school in Hornick, Iowa. a World War II veteran serving in Honolulu, Hawaii, he returned home and married Beth Butler in 1947 and farmed outside Hornick. His true passion was land leveling and soil conservation, starting his own business in 1953.In 1970, he began building golf courses which eventually led him to join The American Golf Co. This gave him the opportunity to do the work he loved and travel the U.S. He returned to Iowa in 2001 and finished his construction career with Lieber Construction and the many friends he made there. In 2010, he was honored to receive his 60-year membership certificate to the American Legion Post 492.When he wasn't doing the work he loved, he enjoyed fishing, golfing, reading, nature and drives through the countryside. But his greatest love was spending time with his adored wife and family.Survivors include his wife, Beth "Tudie" Johnston of Sioux City; daughters, Carol of Sioux City, and Susan and Kirk of Valdez, Alaska; sons, Bryan of Sioux City, and Forrest and Deb of Hornick, Iowa; grandchildren and spouses, Erin Berzina, Kristen and Sean Doherty, Clint and Gina Kirkendall, Kyle Kirkendall, Dustin and Trisha Johnston and Brett and Tara Johnston; four great-granddaughters; a sister, Edna Stowe; a sister-in-law, Carrie Johnston; and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Walter Rodney; brothers, Walter and Lloyd Johnston; sisters, Mary Sieger and Lily Flewelling; and his son-in-law, Bob Berzina.
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1926 - 2011 (85 years)
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