Obituary of Helen G. Johnson

Helen G. (Bohon) Johnson, 93, of Coralville, died Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Windmill Manor in Coralville, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2013, at the Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City with a time of visitation beginning at 10 a.m. until the service. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Helen's name can be made to Hospice Compassus. Helen Georgia Bohon was born November 5, 1919, in Sedalia, MO; daughter of George and Betty (Martensen) Bohon. She married Everett Johnson on July 4, 1941, in Kansas City, MO. Together they lived in many parts of the mid-west and spent many winters RV-ing in Texas. They moved to Iowa City in 1996 and had been here since. Helen was an excellent seamstress and cook and was always providing for her family. She also had an artistic touch, whether in her sewing or painting, you knew her heart went into that piece. Her family includes her children, James Johnson (Mary) of St Louis Park, MN, David Johnson (Marcia) of Johnston, IA and Bette Strug (Robert) of Coralville, IA; grandchildren, Michael Johnson (Patti), Stephen Johnson, David Johnson (Cheryl) and Lauren Strug as well as three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett in 2004; parents and a sister.