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Raymond H. Johnson

Posted 2009-04-01 by Sharon
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
February 27, 2009 p. A10

Raymond H. Johnson, a longtime resident of West Park in Wickenburg, died of a heart attack at his home Monday morning (Feb. 25). Ray and his longtime companion Leona Mayer had been coming to Arizona for the winters since 1991.

Raymond Johnson was born Jan. 13, 1921 at the Johnson family homestead in Heglar, Idaho, to Marie Goudschaal and Barnett Johnson. He grew up farming with horses and taking care of cattle. He rode his horse to school and got his formal education in a one-room schoolhouse with one teacher for all eight grades.

Raymond took infantry basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif., and served with the 163rd Infantry of the 41st Division in the Pacific in World War II. After the occupation, he served with the 10th Chemical Division in Japan.

Returning home, he farmed with his brother Bud Johnson for two years.

Ray married Wilma Edella Dalton on Dec. 11, 1949 in Long Beach, Calif. Ray and Wilma had five children - Donald F. Johnson of Burley, Idaho; Rebecca Peltz of Lenore, Idaho; Elizabeth Johnson, Patricia Malecha, and Diane Fejes of Anchorage, Alaska.

Ray and Wilma spent their married life farming and raising cattle in the Heglar/Malta area of southern Idaho. After retiring, they traveled to Hawaii, Alaska, New Zealand, and Australia. As he got older, Ray particularly enjoyed his time in Arizona with Leona, Earl, Jean and the West Park community.

Ray had been a member of the Idaho Farm Bureau, East Cassia Soil Conservation District, Idaho Wheat Growers, and the Burley Presbyterian Church.

Ray was preceded in death by his wife Wilma, parents, and three sisters. Surviving are brothers Earl E. Johnson of Wickenburg (Jean, Cindy, Judy, Ginger, and Neal, Chuck Johnson, and Bud Johnson of Burley, Idaho, and sister Eva Marie Johnson of San Diego, Calif.

Contact David’s Desert Chapel (684-0710) for memorial service information.Arrangements are entrusted to David’s Desert Chapel Funeral Home of Wickenburg.




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