David Andrew Johnson

Ottumwa, Iowa Visitation: Open after 10:00 AM with family present between the hours of 6:00 & 8:00 PM June 14, 2007 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:30 AM June 15, 2007 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa. David Andrew Johnson, age 91, of Fremont, died June 12, 2007 at Ottumwa Hospice. He was born July 18, 1915, in Glenwood, Missouri, to Samuel D. and Anna M. Sinclair Johnson. He married Jewell E. Deierling on March 31, 1944 in Quincy, Illinois. She died March 28, 1992 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was united in marriage to Dorotha F. Bartman on January 2, 1993 in Fremont, Iowa. David graduated from Glenwood High School, Glenwood, Missouri and worked for Soutwestern Bell Telephone Co. and Western Union. David was inducted into the Army 3/17/1941 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Basic training in Camp Wallace, Texas for three months. He was then sent to Arkansas National Guard 106 CA (AA) in Fort Bliss at El Paso, Texas. He was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington September 1941, then to Dutch Harbor, Alaska (the Aleutians) the same month. He was back in the states March 1944 stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas and then to Camp Livingston in October 1944, also Camp Polk. He was then sent to England January 1945, to France & Germany in March; Paris, France in July, Antwerp, Belgium in September 1945, returning to the states at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Mr. Johnson was discharged October 1945 serving four years, seven months, and two days. After serving in WWII, he was employed as Maintenance Superintendent for Lowenberg Bakery in Ottumwa, Iowa for 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Dorotha of Fremont, a granddaughter, two great-granddaughters, four step-sons, Dr. Don Miller (Barb) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Max Miller (fiancee-Lorene) of Dallas, Texas, Glen Miller (Linda) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wayne Bartman (Marge) of Kendallville, Indiana, Max MacConnell (Mary Lou) of Dyer, Indiana,six step-grandchildren, 22 step-great-grandchildren, two brother and sister-in-laws, Bob & Betty Allen and Carson & Luella Hutchings all of Ottumwa, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Jewell, a sister Mae Lucas and a son Richard. Memorials may be made in his name to either Hospice of Wapello Couty or the Fremont United Methodist Church.

David Andrew Johnson

July 18, 1915 - June 12, 2007

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July 18, 1915 - June 12, 2007

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