‘Orin’ Johnson

William “Orin” Johnson, 85, of Iola died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.
He was born Aug. 29, 1924, in Iola, to Coleman and Celia (Hankins) Johnson. He attended McKinley Grade School and graduated from Iola High School in 1942.
On June 25, 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After basic training he was stationed on the troop ship General S.D. Sturgis. He served as an electrician’s mate third class. His ship was one of those that took personnel to the signing of the peace treaty with Japan in 1945. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy on April 25, 1946.
After his discharge he worked with his father, Coleman Johnson, at Johnson’s Service Station, 423 N. Washington, Iola. They closed the station in 1968 due to his father’s failing health. He went to work for the Iola Fire Department in October 1968 where he became an emergency medical technician. He retired in the fall of 1986 as captain of his shift.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 15 of Iola and attended First Baptist Church in Iola. He enjoyed fishing, playing violin, wood carving and refinishing old furniture.
On June 22, 1951, he married Lavon Kinman of Gas. They made their home in Iola. She survives at the home.
He is also survived by three children, Charles A. and his wife, Roberta, Gas, Patricia J. and her husband, Bill Scrivner, Ozark, Mo., and Ronald L. and his wife, Terri, Gypsum; five grandchildren, Jeffery W. Trester, Nowata, Okla., Angela M. and her husband, David Frizell, Springfield, Mo., Michael A. Johnson and his wife, Tiffany, Moreno Valley, Calif., Linette M. and her husband, Paul Burton, Baldwin City, and Kristina R. and her husband Jonathan Palmer, Warsaw, Mo.; three stepgrandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren.
A brother, Richard Earl, died earlier.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday  at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapels in Iola.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Iola. Dr. Michael Quinn will officiate. Burial, with military honors, will be in Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Memorials to First Baptist Church or Allen County Hospice may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.