ROBERT H. “BOB” JOHNSON

ROBERT H. “BOB” JOHNSON, 67, OF CORNING, IOWA, FORMERLY OF CRESTON, IOWA, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008, AT THE IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN DES MOINES, IOWA. PRIVATE SERVICES WERE HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008, AT THE POWERS FUNERAL HOME IN CRESTON. REV. CLARK FINEHOUT OFFICIATED. BURIAL WILL BE AT A LATER DATE AT MAPLE HILL CEMETERY IN CROMWELL. MEMORIALS WERE TO THE CRESTON DIALYSIS UNIT. ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE GIVEN UNDER THE OBITUARY CATEGORY AT WWW.POWERSFH.COM.

ROBERT H. JOHNSON, SON OF CLARA L. MORELAND JOHNSON AND HAROLD T. JOHNSON, WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1940 IN ADAMS COUNTY, IOWA. HE WAS EDUCATED IN NEVINVILLE AND WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM CRESTON HIGH SCHOOL IN  1958. IN 1962 HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY. ON JANUARY 15, 1963, HE MARRIED SHERRY L. CLARK AT THE METHODIST PARSONAGE IN CRESTON. BOB WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN 1964 AND THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN CRESTON, LATER MOVING TO A FARM NORTHWEST OF CRESTON. BOB WORKED FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, BEFORE BEGINNING HIS 30-YEAR CAREER WITH UNITED PARCEL SERVICE AS A DELIVERY DRIVER, RETIRING IN  1995. BOB WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLEMAN ASSOCIATION.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, SHERRY JOHNSON OF CORNING, IOWA; A DAUGHTER, NICOLE (HUSBAND DAVID) PASSEHL OF ANITA, IOWA; THREE SONS, MARK (WIFE LEZA) JOHNSON OF MOUNT AYR, IOWA; STEVEN (WIFE LESA) JOHNSON OF CRESTON, IOWA AND MATT (WIFE SHAWNA) JOHNSON OF DES MOINES, IOWA;  10 GRANDCHILDREN, CHRISTY AND ARIEL, MELISSA, ROBERT, KEEGAN AND JESSE JOHNSON AND HALEY, GAGE, AMANDA AND GRACE PASSEHL; BROTHER, BILL (WIFE MARY) JOHNSON OF NORMAN, OK.; TWO BROTHER-IN-LAW, BILL (WIFE LINDA) CLARK OF PHOENIX, AZ. AND PAUL (WIFE JACKIE) CLARK OF IOWA FALLS, IOWA AND A SISTER-IN-LAW, JANE (HUSBAND FRANK) JANDREY OF CRESTON, IOWA.

BOB WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS.