NANCY ANN JOHNSON

LAMAR- Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lockwood for Nancy Ann Johnson, 69, Lamar, who died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Burial will follow at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, north of Lockwood on Hwy. 97.

Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Daniel Funeral Home.

Contributions in her honor are suggested and made payable to the Immanuel Lutheran Women's Missionary League or the Cox Barton County Hospital Auxiliary, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include her husband, Iver; daughters, Heidi Johnson and Ann Strong and husband Greg; granddaughter, Addison Nicole Strong; foster grandsons, Braxton, Kaidence and Lyncoln; three sisters, Marilyn Jones, Janice Steffen and husband Davis and Rosie Kloppenburg and husband Rick; one brother, David Jones and wife Mary; sisters-in-law, Sherry Waggoner, Jeanne Miles and husband Kent, Zelpha Franzmann and husband Chris, Starla Stoppel and husband Mark, Adola Stocker and husband Kirk and Theresa Higbie and husband Heath; brother-in-laws, Bill Newton and wife Jann, Mark Johnson and wife Colleen, Tom Newton and wife Jeannie and Garth Johnson and wife Sherri; mother-in-law, Irma Alpers; an uncle, Darrell Buzzell and wife Connie; bonus family, Ron, Tracy, Molly, Mary and Macy Bean, along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Phyllis Jones; in-laws, Harold and Geraldine Johnson; cousin, Sherry Jones; sister-in-law, Cathy Jones and niece, Geraldine Johnson.

Mrs. Johnson was born Feb. 16, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa, to John W. and Phyllis (Buzzell) Jones. She was the middle of five siblings and had many adventures with them on the family farm outside Cumberland, Iowa. She was active in 4H, played the saxophone in the band and was a majorette. She was also selected to serve on a mission trip to Central America.

Mrs. Johnson graduated from Cumberland-Massena High School in 1971. She then attended St. John's Lutheran College in Winfield, Kan. and graduated with her associate's degree to be a parish worker. It was there that she met Herbert "Iver" Johnson and the two were wed on March 23, 1974, beginning a life united in faith.

The couple began their life together in Southern California, where Mr. Johnson was stationed in the Navy and Mrs. Johnson served as a parish worker. The couple lived in five states before finally settling in Lamar in 1993. They were blessed with two daughters, Heidi and Anna. In 2019, Mrs. Johnson was overjoyed to earn the title "Nana" when Anna and husband Greg Strong welcomed Addison Nicole to their family.

In addition to working as a parish worker, she also worked as a secretary at the North Andrew School District. She also worked in banking in several places, including US Bank in Lamar. In recent years, she enjoyed volunteering with the Cox Barton County Auxiliary and had recently taken a part-time job at the hospital as the gift shop assistant.

Mrs. Johnson enjoyed quilting and has been a long time member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lockwood, where she sang in the choir. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family, whether simple dinners with her immediate family, road trips with her girls, traveling with her sisters-in-laws or long road trips with her husband to LWML Conventions.

She was afflicted with multifocal motor neuropathy brought on by an auto-immune reaction in the early 2000's. She was blessed with doctors that never gave up until they found a way to help her. Her abundant faith was most evident during this time, as she always knew her days were in the Lord's hands. Although the disease slowed her some, she continued to do all she could and was blessed to be able to help nanny for Ron and Tracy Bean's three girls