Verle Johnson

Verle Ione (Lind) Johnson left this world on October 5, 2016 to rejoin her husband of 56 years, Darrel Johnson, her infant son and her daughter, Linda Cheryl (Sebring) Hunter.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 8, 2016, at the Pilot Mound United Methodist Church. Rev. Beth Morgan will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel Owen Cemetery rural Pilot Mound. Visitation will be Friday, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Carson – Stapp Funeral Home in Ogden. For online obituaries and condolences please visit: www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com

Verle was born on May 27, 1925 the daughter of Mauritz and Emma (Johnson) Lind at Pilot Mound, Iowa. She lived in Pilot Mound all of her life except 5 years after she and Darrel were married in 1948. They lived on the family farm north of Pilot Mound. In 1953 they moved back into Pilot Mound.

Verle graduated from the Pilot Mound High School in 1942. She was baptized in the Methodist Church as an infant and supported this church all through the years in many capacities.

Verle was always community minded, working and supporting public projects such as PTA, 4-H leader, Pilot Mound Home Coming Picnic, P.M. Club's support of the old Community Hall, Moundview Senior Citizen's housing and the Fez-B Club. She was a 50 year member of Magi Chapter O.E.S. in Boone and the Ladies Shrine Hospital Auxiliary.

Her working years were spent working in the grocery store in Pilot Mound, Fareway Stores in Boone and the US Post Office. She also worked alongside her husband in his business as his secretary.

She enjoyed traveling, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. She leaves to cherish her memory her granddaughters, Melody (Mike) Duncan of Boone, and Tamara (Jeff) Lucas of Luling, Texas. Her great grandchildren, Jessica (Kevin) Hicks of Pilot Mound, Josh (Rachel) Duncan of Boone, Lyndsey and Nathan Lucas of Luling, Texas, and Meredith (Brandon) Gay of Alabama. Her great, great grandchildren, Brylie and Addyson Hicks, Emma Duncan, and Alexa and Lucas Gay. Also surviving is her sister, Roberta Meinecke of Jefferson and a brother-in-law, Clayton Miller of Dayton, and many nieces, nephews and friends, as well as her son-in-law, Karl Hunter.

She was preceded by her husband, her daughter, Cheryl Hunter, infant son, her son-in-law, David Sebring, her brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Helen Lind, brother-in-law, George Meinecke, sister-in-law, Janice Miller.

Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.