Harold V. Johnson
January 3, 1913-March 28, 2001
Harold V. Johnson Sr., 88, was born on Jan. 3, 1913, in Warsaw, Ind. He passed away of cancer on Wednesday, March 28, 2001, after a brief illness, at Harborside Healthcare, Palm Harbor, Fla.
At an early age he moved with his family to Niles, Mich. He is survived by two sons, Vance of Reston, Va., and David of Pine Island, Fla., and Martin, Mich.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his lifelong friend and recent companion, Lucille Hand of Saranac, Mich.
Harold graduated from Niles High School in 1931. In 1937 he married Shirlee Eleanor Freyer of Niles and they raised their two sons in Niles. Shirlee died in 1998 after 60 years of marriage.
He was a tool and die maker, first for the Kawneer Corporation in Niles and then for Bendix Aviation of South Bend and Mishawaka, Ind. He retired in 1972. He was a summer resident of Indian Lake, Dowagiac, Mich., for 27 years. For many years he was a resident of Sandy Pines Recreation Park in Hopkins, Mich., in the summer and Holiday, Fla., in the winter. He had been a year-round resident of Holiday for the last 10 years.
There will be a private service for the family, and interment at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612.
Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Holiday, Fla., is handling arrangements.
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