RALPH "ROD" JOHNSON, 67, of Moville, Iowa, passed away Tuesday morning, October 14, 2014 at his residence.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 18th, at 10 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Father Richard Ries will officiate. Burial will be in the Silver Township Cemetery at rural Quimby, Iowa. There will be military rites by L.A. Wescott Post 2253 of the V.F.W. Visitation will be on Friday from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Ralph was born on April 3, 1947 at Storm Lake, Iowa to Ralph O. & Annabell (McGregor) Johnson. He graduated in 1965 from Marysville High School in Kansas. He went to Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa for a year and then in LaCrosse, Wisconsin for a year. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps serving during the Vietnam War, being discharged as a Sergeant in March of 1971. He then attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, graduating with a business degree. While in college he worked at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute. He was married to Dianna Linn on March 31, 1973 at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Ralph worked for the Internal Revenue Service. He worked out of the Des Moines office for 5 years and then the Sioux City office as a collection manager from 1980 until his retirement in January of 2007. He and Dianna had lived in Moville the past 34 years. He was affiliated with the Lutheran church. Ralph was a life member of the D.A.V., Marine Corps League, V.F.W Post #1973 in Sioux City and was a Past State Commander of the V.F.W. ; life member of the American Legion, the N.R.A., and was a Green Bay Packer shareholder. He enjoyed reading, collecting Green Bay Packer memorabilia, traveling and his English Bulldogs.

He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.

He is survived by his wife Dianna of Moville, Iowa; his son Jason Johnson and special friend of the family Lisa Cole of Moville, Iowa; two sisters: Reggie Kelley of Aurelia, Iowa and her special friend Greg Simon of Estherville, Iowa; Robin Salmen and her husband Bill of Niobrara, Nebraska; nieces and nephews: Amanda Kelley (Carrie Helmers), Ashley (Todd) Coombs, Allison (Kyle) Biggerstaff, and Nick (Jill) Suppes.