Douglas D. Johnson
Douglas D. Johnson, 82, Brainerd, died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at home.
He was born March 11, 1920, in Watertown, S.D., to Carl D. and Mahren F. (Finnerud) Johnson. He graduated from Watertown Senior High School in 1938. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in March 1942. He served in the Army during World War II from April 8, 1942, to July 25, 1945. He served overseas in North Africa and Italy as a combat medic. After his discharge, he was employed in public accounting from 1945-1962. He married Mary A. Walter on Oct. 23, 1948, in Minneapolis. He was an IRS auditor from 1962 to 1982, when he retired. He was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, S.D., the VFW and the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. He was a life member of the American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans. He was Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Nancy Wallen, Brainerd, and Jane A. Williams, Woodbury; and four grandchildren.
A son, David Johnson, and two brothers, Clark Johnson and Alex Johnson, died earlier.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodland Good Samaritan Chapel in Brainerd with Pastor Randy Miller officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown. Memorials are preferred to St. Joseph's Hospice or the Mental Health Association.
Friends may call an hour before services Saturday at Woodland Good Samaritan Chapel in Brainerd.
Arrangements are with Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home in Brainerd.