In Memory of Patricia D. Johnson

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 10, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church of Ida Grove, Iowa. The Reverend Chad Lierman will officiate, with committal services following at the Ida Grove Cemetery of Ida Grove, Iowa. A Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, October 9, 2016, at the Christensen – Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa. The Christensen - Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online to www.christensenvanhouten.com

Patricia D. Johnson, the daughter of Gail and Elsie May (Galbraith) Hendricks was born on October 4, 1932, in Sac City, Iowa. She was baptized into the Methodist faith at the United Methodist Church of Sac City, Iowa.

Pat attended school in Sac City and she worked in a cannery while acting as a caregiver for her extended family. Patricia met the love of her life Duane Johnson, at a dance at the Lakewood Ballroom in Lake View, Iowa. The couple were married on May 2, 1954, in the Methodist Church of Sac City. They made their home on the family farm outside of Battle Creek, Iowa, and were blessed with two sons, Darrell and Darwin.

The family moved when Duane took a job with the Georgia Pacific Box Company and moved to Fullerton, California. While in California the couple welcomed a daughter, Debra. After making their home in California for seven years, the family decided to move back to Ida Grove, Iowa, where Duane started working at Midwest Industries.

Pat loved travelling to see her family making two memorable trips to Okinawa, Japan. She enjoyed dancing, gardening, playing cards with friends, babysitting her grandchildren and great grandchildren, baking her famous flax seed bread, hosting tea time, taking yearly fishing trips to Minnesota, and Sundays at the family cottage on Black Hawk Lake in Lake View, Iowa. Pat truly treasured her family time and considered her pets to be family too.

Pat belonged to the First United Methodist Church of Ida Grove, Iowa and was active in the local American Legion Auxiliary.

Left to cherish her memory are her loving children, Darrell (Maggie) Johnson of Holstein, Iowa, Darwin (Carol) Johnson of Arthur, Iowa, Debra (Daryl) Reeves of Devil’s Elbow, Missouri; six grandchildren, Jeromy and special friend (Keisha) Johnson, Michael Walker, Allie Walker (Rawley Butler), Bridget Johnson, Dalton Reeves, Dailey (Trent) Wise; five great-grandchildren, Seanicee Johnson, Daysha Johnson, Anessa Johnson, Ashlyn Johnson, and Benelli Wise; brother-in-law, Melvin (Juanita) Johnson of Holstein, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Shirley Petersen of McKinleyville, California, and Arlene Hendricks of Le Mars, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents, Gail and Elsie May Hendricks; step father, Dave Spangle; loving husband, Duane P. Johnson; brothers, Lloyd and Lowell Hendricks; sister, Lois McCready; beloved pets, Jack and Ramsey.