Obituary
Clyde E. “Snowball” Johnson, 98, of Sloan, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 17 at a local hospital.
Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 21, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Salix with Monsignor Kenneth Seifried officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery, with Military Honors provided by the U.S. Navy. Visitation will be held at the church from 5-8 p.m. Friday evening, and the family present from 5-7 pm. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service.
Clyde was born on June 13, 1913 in Sloan to Elmer and Amelia (Brendan) Johnson. Clyde was raised on a farm outside of Sloan, attended country school and graduated from Sloan High School.
He married Dolores Brouillette on December 16, 1940 and they raised their family in Sloan.
He worked most of his life as a bricklayer for W.A. Klinger, until his retirement in the early 1980’s. After retirement, they spent many winters in Arizona and summers in Alaska.
Clyde also served in the US Navy during World War II as a Seabee on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific and on Kodiak Island in Alaska. He was a member of the Sloan Volunteer Fire Department for over 40 years. He had so many hobbies they are too numerous to list but a few of them were coin collecting, fishing, hunting, trapping, hunting mushrooms and building model airplanes. He had a special love for gardening and would be considered by most to be a master. He had a wonderful vegetable garden, but also loved to grow flowers. Most of all, he loved to share the bounties of his gardens with friends and family.
Clyde is survived by his sons Larry Johnson and his wife Mary of Sloan, Stanley Johnson and his wife Deb of Salix; his daughters, Sandra Richardson of Logan, Iowa, Judy Richardson and her friend Rick Tieman of Sloan, Rita and her husband Steve Mace of Girdwood, Alaska; 17 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his brothers Ellerd and Herbert Johnson, his sister, Ethel Davis and one grandchild, Donald Wittke and a son-in-law, Jerry Richardson.
Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 21, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Salix with Monsignor Kenneth Seifried officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery, with Military Honors provided by the U.S. Navy. Visitation will be held at the church from 5-8 p.m. Friday evening, and the family present from 5-7 pm. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service.
Clyde was born on June 13, 1913 in Sloan to Elmer and Amelia (Brendan) Johnson. Clyde was raised on a farm outside of Sloan, attended country school and graduated from Sloan High School.
He married Dolores Brouillette on December 16, 1940 and they raised their family in Sloan.
He worked most of his life as a bricklayer for W.A. Klinger, until his retirement in the early 1980’s. After retirement, they spent many winters in Arizona and summers in Alaska.
Clyde also served in the US Navy during World War II as a Seabee on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific and on Kodiak Island in Alaska. He was a member of the Sloan Volunteer Fire Department for over 40 years. He had so many hobbies they are too numerous to list but a few of them were coin collecting, fishing, hunting, trapping, hunting mushrooms and building model airplanes. He had a special love for gardening and would be considered by most to be a master. He had a wonderful vegetable garden, but also loved to grow flowers. Most of all, he loved to share the bounties of his gardens with friends and family.
Clyde is survived by his sons Larry Johnson and his wife Mary of Sloan, Stanley Johnson and his wife Deb of Salix; his daughters, Sandra Richardson of Logan, Iowa, Judy Richardson and her friend Rick Tieman of Sloan, Rita and her husband Steve Mace of Girdwood, Alaska; 17 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his brothers Ellerd and Herbert Johnson, his sister, Ethel Davis and one grandchild, Donald Wittke and a son-in-law, Jerry Richardson.
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