Arne Johnson, age 81, of 814 Superior Avenue, died Wednesday afternoon May 14, 2008 at his home in Gladstone.
Arne was born June 7, 1926, in Felch, the son of Victor and Louise (Anderson) Johnson. Arne was later raised in Soo Hill and attended the Soo Hill Elementary School. Arne continued part of his high school years at the Escanaba Senior High School before moving to Gladstone where he completed his education at the Gladstone High School in 1944. Following high school, Arne accepted a position with the Soo Line Railroad, working in Sturgeon Bay, WI, for approximately six months, before transferring back to Gladstone where he worked for the Soo Line until his enlistment in the United States Army in 1945. Arne served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1946, at which time, he returned back to the Delta County area where he resumed his employment at the Soo Line Railroad. On July 19, 1947, Arne married the former Lois Harrison at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Escanaba and together the couple made their home and began their family in Gladstone. In 1960, Arne went on to acquire a position, as a painter, for the Harnischfeger Corporation, working for Harnischfeger, until his retirement in the early 1980
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Louis, Vicky, Linda, Jeff and Tim,and families;
Our prayers are with you. From Paul regarding his impending death:
From his first imprisonment:
Philippians 1:21-24
“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.”
Those of us left here morn the loss of a loved one, but your husband, father, and grandpa is now in a far better place!
Charlie and Sherry Myers
Rapid River, MI