JOHNSON, Vernon O.


The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, December 20, 2003 Vernon O. Johnson, 88, of Glendale, AZ, passed away on December 17, 2003. He was born on July 4, 1915 in Malung, Minnesota. He served in the US Navy in WWII after which he lived most of his life in the Minneapolis area where he was employed as an electrician for the University Of Minnesota Hospital. After retirement in the mid 1970's he and his wife spent their winters in Arizona. Making Glendale their permanent home in the early 1990's. Vernon is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Martha Johnson, sister, Elsie Pearson of Phoenix, brother, Orlen Johnson of Roseau, MN and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, December 21, 2003 with Visitation from 1:00 to 2:00 PM at Phoenix Memorial Park & Mortuary, 200 W. Beardsley Road, Phoenix. Interment will follow at Phoenix Memorial Park.