MARIAN  D.  JOHNSON , 83, of rural Cleghorn, Iowa passed away Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2020 in the Holstein Good Samaritan Society.

Funeral services for Marian will be held on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Cherokee. Pastor Larry Ostercamp will officiate. Burial will be in the Marcus-Amherst Cemetery at Marcus, Iowa. There will be family prayer service at 10:15 a.m. at the church on Friday. Visitation will be at the Boothby Funeral Home on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 4:00-7:00. Please practice social distancing and masks will be required at the visitation and the funeral. The funeral will be live streamed on the Boothby Funeral Home website with the assistance of Fuller Digital Solutions. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com .

Marian was born on November 18, 1936 in Mitchell, South Dakota to David and Della (Felix) Thomas. The youngest of 4 daughters, she was raised on the family farm north of Fedora, South Dakota in Miner County. She attended grade school at the Lewis Country School in Miner County and graduated from Fedora High School in 1954. She attended South Dakota State College and graduated in December 1958 with a degree in music focusing on the organ.

She was married to Verdell Johnson on January 14, 1959, at the Glenview Congregational Church in Miner County, South Dakota. She helped farm side by side with Verdell on their farm near Cleghorn, Iowa. Marian taught music in Volga, South Dakota, Meriden-Cleghorn, Holstein, and Willow school systems. She served as an organist for the Meriden Evangelical Free Church in addition to being a substitute organist for many churches in the area. Throughout her life she was active in Tone Circle, Marcus Garden Club and Cherokee County Farm Bureau Women's Group. In addition, she was active in the Make-It-With-Wool program serving as Iowa State Chairperson for a few years. She thoroughly enjoyed music, helping many area students prepare for music contests, knitting, crocheting, sewing and her flowers.

Marian was preceded in death by her parents as well as by her sisters and brothers-in-law: Elaine (Arnold) Brace, Helen(Victor Schorzmann and Louis Button), and Lura (Alvin) Hull and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Joy (Johnson) and Marvin Vogel.

She is survived by her husband, Verdell, of Cleghorn, Iowa; three children: Elizabeth Johnson of Cherokee, Iowa; Eric (Lisa) Johnson of Cleghorn, Iowa; and Everett (Julie) Johnson of Las Cruces, New Mexico; five grandchildren: Allison (Robert) Johnson of Fairfax, Iowa; Caitlin (Steven) Schnoor of Cleghorn, Iowa; Madison (Zachary) Miedema of Cleghorn, Iowa; Jennifer Johnson of Las Cruces, New Mexico and David Johnson of Las Cruces, New Mexico; six great-grandchildren: Taye, Quincy, Daylen, and Carter Johnson and Gavin and Brynlee Schnoor; brother-in-law Darrell (Nora) Johnson of Faulkton, South Dakota and many nieces and nephews.