Graveside services for Richard Lee Johnson of
Albert Lea
,
MN
will be held at 2:30 PM Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at the
Woodlawn
Cemetery
in
Alta
,
IA.
Pastor Terry Pollard officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 4 until 7 PM at the Bonnerup Funeral Service in
Albert Lea
,
MN
.
Richard died Saturday morning, November 28, 2009 at the
Albert Lea
Medical
Center
. He was 80 years of age.
Richard was born July 17, 1929 in
Alta
,
IA
, the son of Reen and Ruby (Burwell) Johnson. He graduated from high school in 1947 in
Rembrandt
,
IA.
On May 27, 1955 he was united in marriage to Frances Porter in
Storm Lake
,
IA.
Richard had been employed by the Cargill Co. in
Rembrandt
,
IA
,
Aberdeen
,
S.D.
,
Waltham
,
MN
, and
Hartland
,
MN
. He then became Parts Manager for Erlandson Implement in
Albert Lea
retiring in 1992. Richard then worked for Dave Syverson Ford retiring in 2006.
He was a member of the
United
Methodist
Church
and the Albert Lea American Legion. In his free time, Richard loved spending time with his family. He enjoyed the time he spent going to the Motocross races with his grandkids, Casino trips with
Frances
, bowling league and tinkering with his cars.
Richard is survived by his wife Frances of Albert Lea, MN, daughters; Trudy (Larry) Adamson of Byron, MN, and Teresa (Jim Gleason) Johnson of
Minnetonka
, MN. Grandchildren include; Jeremy (Brooke) Skaare, Brandon Skaare, Nicole Adamson and Benjamin Adamson. One sister survives; Darlene (Suze) McGrew of Beaumont, CA., many cousins and three nieces.
Richard was preceded in death by his parents and brother in law; Larry McGrew.
