Individual Details

Death

Ruth Johnson age 91, of Monticello died Thursday April 12, 2012 at Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 Monday morning, April 16, 2012 at S.S. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church rural Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. Rev. Paul Finger will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 7 Sunday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

She is survived by a son, Russell A. Johnson of Monticello, two daughters, Marlene (Jerry) Nagel, Laurie Johnson both of Cedar Rapids, a daughter –in-law Mae Johnson of Monticello, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Albert and a son Donald in 2004, a granddaughter, Marcy Nagel, and 2 sisters, Henrietta Harms and Esther Bohlken and an infant brother.

Ruth H. Dirks was born May 6, 1920 Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa. She was the daughter of John G and Anna Zimmerman Dirks. Ruth received her education in the Black Oak school in Wayne Township. Ruth was employed by the Reliance Shirt Factory in Anamosa for several years. On November 23, 1943 Ruth Dirks married Albert Johnson at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, Monticello.

The couple farmed their entire career in the Monticello area. They retired from farming in 1983. The couple moved to Anamosa in 1997 where Albert preceded her in death in 2003. Ruth was a member of S.S. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, and the ELCW. She was baptized at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church and confirmed her faith there on April 19, 1935.