JOHN OSBORN

JOHN OSBORN, SON OF LAWRENCE AND MYRA ADA MEIXNER OSBORN, WAS BORN JUNE 5, 1936 AT WEST LIBERTY, IOWA. JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US AIR FORCE. JOHN WORKED AT A NUMBER OF JOBS INCLUDING TRUCK DRIVER, CARPENTER, GENERAL HANDY-MAN AND ACCOMPLISHED GARDENER. HE ALSO HAD DIFFERENT STORES OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING A MAT MAKING BUSINESS AND SALVAGE YARD. JOHN LOVED MUSIC AND WROTE MANY SONGS. HE ENJOYED WOODWORKING AND HAD MADE WOODEN TOYS FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN. JOHN WAS PROUD TO HAVE MADE THE TINGLEY CENTENNIAL SIGN. HE DEARLY LOVED HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND WAS WILLING TO HELP ANYONE IN NEED. JOHN DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN TINGLEY ON JANUARY 2, 2008.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENT; CHILDREN, JIMMY LEE AND MARGARET OSBORN; BROTHER, WALTER AND SISTERS, MARY AND ANGELINE.

JOHN IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, LAURA OSBORN OF TINGLEY, IOWA; CHILDREN, DEB SMITH OF TINGLEY; PEGGY JUHL AND HUSBAND DENNY OF BRAYTON, IOWA; MARILYN SPURLING AND SIGNIFICANT OTHER CHARLIE WHITE OF CLEARFIELD, IOWA; MARLA LACINA AND HUSBAND, TODD OF CRESTON, IOWA; MARLENE OSBORN OF MOUNT AYR, IOWA AND LAWRENCE OSBORN AND WIFE BILLIE OF LEON, IOWA; ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD; BROTHER, LESLIE “LUCKY” OSBORN, AND WIFE LINDA OF ATLANTIC, IOWA AND A SISTER, FLORENCE BISHOP AND HUSBAND LAWRENCE OF TINGLEY, IOWA.

SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN MOUNT AYR ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2008 AT 2:30 P.M. WITH REV. ORVAL “BUTCH” BLACK OFFICIATING.

ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE BY WILSON-WATSON & ARMSTRONG FUNERAL HOME AND HE WAS LAID TO REST IN THE TINGLEY CEMETERY, TINGLEY, IOWA.