George Francis Johnson
George Francis Johnson
March 25, 1955 – February 6, 2018
Searsboro, Iowa | Age 62
Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran
George F. Johnson, 62, of Searsboro passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. George Francis Johnson was born on March 25, 1955 to Delno and Nira Schneider Johnson Wilkinson at Denver, Colorado.
George attended Lynnville-Sully High School and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1972. He was a member of the inactive reserves for one year after being honorably discharged in 1975.
George was married to Patty Malloy, they divorced.
On January 24, 1993 George married Shelli Hicks in Las Vegas. To this union their son, Skylar was born.
George began working for Sully Construction and also for Terry Stanek restoring cars after the service. George worked for Sully Construction for 41 years.
George had a passion for working on and restoring old cars. He enjoyed going to car shows and going to Good Guys in Des Moines. Family was important to George and Skylar was a big part of his life.
George is survived by his mother, Nira Johnson Wilkinson of Mountain Home, Ar., his son, Skylar Johnson of Searsboro, his brothers, Charles (Deb) Johnson of Sully and Michael (Jessann) Johnson of Lynnville; his sister, Charleen Ahrenstorff of Mountain Home, Ar., and many other friends and relatives.
George was preceded in death by his father, Delno Johnson and his brother-in-law, Michael Ahrenstorff.
As was his wish, his body has been cremated.
Memorial services will be held on Friday, February 9, 2018 at the Searsboro Community Church in Searsboro, Iowa at 1:00 pm.
A visitation luncheon will be held at the Searsboro Community Center following the memorial service.