Verne Johnson

September 28, 1938 — December 2, 2014

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Verne Fred Johnson, age 76, of Brandon, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, after a short battle with cancer. Verne was born on September 28, 1938, to Leonard and Dorothy (Magnussen) Johnson near Garretson, South Dakota. He grew up in the Garretson area and graduated from Garretson High School in 1956. Following graduation he served in the Air National Guard. He married Leona Raile in 1959. They lived for a short time in Sioux Falls where Verne built roads as a heavy equipment operator. He moved back to the family farm near Garretson where he found his true passion…farming.

Verne married Charlotte (McCleerey) Gebhardt on February 18, 1999. He was a member of Split Rock Lutheran Church. He loved golfing, fishing, and spending time at the lake, and also enjoyed the six years he spent operating the road grader for Edison Township. But most of all he enjoyed attending family gatherings and celebrations.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Charlotte, of Brandon; sons: Brian (Mary Lou) Johnson, Sioux Falls, and Greg Johnson, Sioux Falls; step-daughters: Stacy (Gary) Forsch, Deanna (Todd) Thompson, and Gina (Rick) Lobdell, all of Baltic; granddaughter, Heather Saliu, Pine, CO; step-grandchildren: Derek and Matt Thompson, Baltic, Brendan and Jayda Tidemann, Baltic, Amanda Alberts, Baltic, Taylor (Dominic) Wieseler, Watertown, and Morgan Forsch, Madison; siblings: Pete (Mary) Johnson, Garretson, Carole (Ernie Evans) Heesch, Garretson, Marianna Bauer, Maple Grove, MN, Mark Johnson, Phoenix, AZ, Linda Johnson, Illinois, Kay (Dennis) Ringgenberg, South Sioux City, NE, and Fred Johnson, Sioux Falls. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a step-daughter, Hollie Tidemann.

Funeral services will begin at 1:30 PM Saturday, December 6, 2014, at Split Rock Lutheran Church, rural Brandon. Visitation with the family present will be from 5-7:00 PM Friday, at Minnehaha Funeral Home, Garretson. Private family interment will be at Hills of Rest Memorial Park in Sioux Falls.

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