George Arthur Johnson, 83, died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.
Services were Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne. Masonic services were Tuesday, July 31, in Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne.
George Johnson was born to Ole and Oline (Gunderson) Johnson on June 9, 1918, in Rock County where he was raised. He attended Kenneth Public School. In 1942 he entered the U.S. Army Air Force where he served as a mechanic. He returned to the Luverne area in January 1946.
He married Betty Sanny on May 12, 1946, in Remsen, Iowa. He worked for the Minnesota State Highway Department until his retirement in 1983. Following his retirement they continued to live in their home in Luverne. On Jan. 29, 2001, he entered Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Johnson, Luverne; one son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Pam Johnson, Rochester; twin daughters and two sons-in-law, Shirley and Richard Olney, San Jose, Calif., and Sharon and Fred Wendt, Plymouth; five grandchildren; two stepgrandsons; one stepgreat-grandson; three stepgreat-granddaughters; three brothers, John (Rosa) Johnson, Luverne, Olaf Johnson, San Diego, Calif., and Lloyd (Jean) Johnson, Albert Lea; and one sister Anna (Erling) Tofteland, Luverne.
Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Kenneth, and one sister, Ida Steiner.
Engebretson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.