Raymond B. Johnson

Funeral services for Raymond B. Johnson, 81, Mound City, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Mound City. Burial will be in Curry Cemetery in Linn County.Mr. Johnson died Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, at Villa St. Francis in Olathe.He was born Nov. 17, 1924, in Blue Mound, the son of Marion and Viola Ruby Johnson. He graduated from Mound City High School.Mr. Johnson served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a farmer and also worked in the county engineer’s office for 32 years. He was a member of the Hewitt New Post of the American Legion.He married Dora Arlene Holt on Dec. 19, 1948, in Mound City. She survives, of the home.Other survivors include a son, Marion, Eudora; a daughter, Theresa Kortemeyer, Lenexa; a brother, Edward, Mound City; three sisters, Maxine Thomas, Pleasanton, Edna Skinner, Spring Hill, and Ruth Maloney, Fort Scott; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.Friends may call from 1 p.m. until service time Tuesday at the church.The family suggests memorials to Alzheimer’s Foundation, in care of Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, Box J, Mound City 66056.