NameJune BABCOCK157
FatherHerman Cornelius BABCOCK (1886-1956)
MotherLenna C. BOND (1885-1967)
Spouses
Birth27 Nov 1914, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska
Death7 Feb 2004, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas
FatherWilliam Glen JOHNSON (1881-1950)
MotherAva Belle CLEMENT (1883-1962)
Marriage20 Mar 1942, Fresno, Fresno Co., California
Notes for Edwin L. (Spouse 1)
Edwin Lewis Johnson 1914-2004  
Categories: Attended Milton College, Deacon / Deaconess, North Loup, Nebraska, Nortonville, Kansas, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Veteran WW II
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 226, No 4, p 25, Apr., 2004.
  Edwin Lewis Johnson, 89, of Nortonville, Kan., died on February 7, 2004, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan.
  He was born on November 27, 1914, in North Loup, Neb., the son of Glen and Ava (Clement) Johnson.   He graduated from high school in North Loup and attended Milton (Wis.) College.
  On March 20, 1942, Edwin married June Babcock in Fresno, Calif.   He was stationed there with the Air Force, doing submarine patrol flights over the Pacific.   When they later moved to the East Coast, he did the same work in the Cape Hatteras area.
  In August of 1945, they were sent to England, where Edwin's squadron flew supplies and personnel to the underground for two years.   After leaving the service, he remained in the National Guard until November of 1951.
  Mr. Johnson worked for Trans World Airlines for 31 years.   He retired in November of 1976 and then took a job with Mechni-Arts in the Kansas City area, working there until 1981.
  In 1985, Edwin and June moved to her hometown of Nortonville, where they joined the local Seventh Day Baptist Church.   Ed was active in the church and served as an ordained deacon.
  From 1991-1994, the couple volunteered with the Senior Saints, doing repair work at various churches and church camps.   In 1998, Edwin was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was admitted in October of 2001 to Village Villa nursing home in Nortonville, spending his last years there.
  In addition to his wife, June, survivors include two sons, Russell of Durhamville, N. Y., and James; three daughters, Becky Griefe of Lee's Summit, Mo., Georgeanna of Santa Ana, Calif., and Kelly of Parsons, Kan.; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.   A daughter, Gayle, preceded him in death at age 18.   One brother and two sisters also predeceased him.
  Private funeral services will be held at a later date.
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