Anne Johnson

December 8, 1929 - March 28, 2018

Anne Johnson, 88, of Oskaloosa passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. Peggy “Anne” Johnson, daughter of Andrew William and Elsie Lancaster, was born December 8, 1929, at the rural home of her parents near Oskaloosa, Iowa. She attended country school and then high school in Oskaloosa. October 10, 1948, she married Glen Myron Johnson and they made their home in Oskaloosa. She worked for a time at Iowa Valve Company, but was primarily a homemaker. She and Glen enjoyed traveling out west and particularly enjoyed visiting her sister, Mae, who then lived in Nevada, where the nickel slots kept them entertained. She and Glen also enjoyed their trips to Meskwaki Casino and Prairie Meadows. Anne and Glen also enjoyed making wooden toys in their workshop; he would do the wood working and Anne would do the painting. Her nieces fondly remember the great sleepovers and times spent with Aunt Anne. Her family includes a sister, Mae Simpson of Rocklin, California; a sister-in-law, Lola McLandsborough of Michigan; and 12 nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Anne was preceded in death by her husband, Glen on June 25, 2011; her brothers: Robert and Jerry McLandsborough and a sister, Betty Davis. Graveside memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, April 2, 2018, at Union Mills Cemetery near New Sharon, Iowa. A procession will leave Langkamp Funeral Chapel at 12:30 p.m. on Monday.