A memorial service is 11 a.m. Friday at Walton¹s Chapel, 1521 Church St.,
Gardnerville, for Marlyn Clifford Johnson, 79, who died March 20, 2010.
Mr. Johnson previously lived in Le Sueur, Minn. He was born in Butternut
Township, Blue Earth County, Minn., on May 15, 1930, to Blanche Marie Elkins
and Clifford Nelson Johnson. He married Bona Jean Larsen on April 19, 1953,
at her parents¹ farm in Blue Earth County. He graduated from Lake Crystal
High School in 1948, joined the Navy in 1951 and served until 1954 on Guam.
Mr. Johnson loved farming and carpentry. After retirement, he and his wife
moved to Nevada to be near their grandsons.
Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his parents, wife, daughter Alice and
brother Calvin.
He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law Bonnie Johnson and Edwin
Merkel of Valley Center, Kan., Marie Johnson and Kent Neddenriep of Carson
Valley; grandsons Bradley Neddenriep of Carson Valley and Kyle Neddenriep of
San Luis Obispo, Calif.; granddaughter Julia Galstad and
granddaughter-in-law Lacey Huebel of Santa Barbara, Calif.; sisters Mary
Ellen Johnson of Mankato, Minn., Virginia (and Bob) Woodcock of Lake
Preston, S.D., Pat (and Phil) Hoehn of Lake Crystal, Minn.; brother Keith
(and Mary) Johnson of Lake Crystal; sister-in-law Doris Johnson of Lake
Crystal, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Johnson will be buried next to his wife in the Fredericksburg Cemetery
in Alpine County, Calif.
