Darrel Le Roy Johnson

1918 - 2006  (87 years)

• Name	Darrel Le Roy Johnson
  Born	2 Aug 1918	Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 May 2006
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I126522	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Irene M. Yetzer,   b. 10 Jun 1923, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 1 Dec 2013, Iowa, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1946	Minnesota, USA
  Children	1. Johnson   2. Johnson   3. Johnson   4. Johnson   5. Johnson   6. Johnson
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F54191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Darrel L. Johnson -- Rochester Tue, May 23, 2006 E-mail this story Photos ROCHESTER -- The funeral for Darrel L. Johnson will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Autumn Ridge Baptist Church in Rochester, with the Rev. C. John Steer officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Johnson, 87, a member of the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame, died of natural causes Sunday (May 21, 2006) at Saint Marys Hospital. Born Aug. 2, 1918, in Barron, Wis., he worked at Wold-Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis as a youth to pay for flight lessons. During WWII, he served in the Army Air Corps, 8th Air Force, as a pilot and flight instructor and patrolled the Panama Canal in a P38. On Nov. 19, 1946, he married Irene M. Yetzer in Rosemount, Minn. They moved to Rochester where he worked for Gopher Aviation and, later, Neuman Air Charter as a flight instructor, FAA examiner and charter pilot. His wife was a homemaker and volunteer at Rochester Methodist Hospital. He continued doing flight examinations until his health failed. In 2001, he was inducted into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. Survivors include his wife; three sons, James L. (Pamela) of Chaska, Minn., Richard E. of Mason City, Iowa, and Robert A. (Mary) of Rochester; three daughters, Carol J. Johnson of Oak View, Calif., Lois A. (Jerry) Halloran of Eagan, Minn., and Sharon K. (Joe) Spencer of Rochester; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Donald (Merna) of Grand Rapids, Minn.; and a sister, Sylvia (Robert) Mann of Bloomington, Minn. He was preceded in death by two sisters. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday at the church. Macken Funeral Home of Rochester is in charge of arrangements.