Not buried locally.

CAMERON S. “JACK” JOHNSON, 84

Washington County native Cameron S. Johnson, 84, of Manhattan, Kan., died Thursday, April 14, in Manhattan.

Funeral services were Monday, April 18, in the Elim Lutheran Church of Swaburg. Interment was in the Elim Lutheran Cemetery.

Cameron S. “Jack” Johnson was born Sept. 27, 1920, in rural Washington County to August and Carrie (Larson) Johnson. He grew up living with his parents and other relatives in Burt, Dodge and Washington counties. He graduated from Blair High School, then worked in a local hardware business.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, from 1942 until 1945, and was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant.

After working for several years in the Swaburg area, he married Eunice Marie Bergquist on June 20, 1948, in the Elim Lutheran Church at Swaburg. After marriage, he began farming. The family lived on several farms before settling in northern Dodge County.

During the 1960s, he worked for the Farmers Union Cooperative at Winslow and for Goodyear Tire Co. in Fremont, and was part of the maintenance staff of Midland Lutheran College from 1970 to 1979.

His wife died in 1978. Mr. Johnson married Evelyn Daubert in July of 1983. She died in 1986.

He retired in 1985, ending 40 years of farming. He moved to Uehling in 1986, following his wife’s death. After suffering a stroke in 1997, he moved to Manhattan, where he lived with his daughter and her friend.

He was a member of the Elim Lutheran Church of Swaburg, and the Craig American Legion Post.

He is survived by his daughter, Anne Johnson of Manhattan, and her friend, Tiny Thornhill; son, Jack Johnson of South St. Paul, Minn.; and sister, Vivian Johnson of Blair.

In addition to his wives, he was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia; and four brothers, Clifford, Clyde, Carroll, and Curtis.

Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association and the Good Samaritan Center in Scribner.

Ludvigsen Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.