{"id":10447,"date":"2017-12-26T12:51:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T18:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=10447"},"modified":"2018-02-21T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T00:40:20","slug":"obituary-johnson-leo-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=10447","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Johnson, Leo Deverne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1928_Johnson_Leo.jpg\" alt=\"Leo Deverne Johnson\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1928<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1927 Peroma<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1928_Johnson_Leo_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Leo Johnson\" \/><br \/>Leo Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>Ruf Nex, Hi-Y, Glee Club, Scopics Club, Business Manager of Perryscope, Citizenship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Leo Deverne Johnson<\/h1>\n<h3>January 1, 1911 &#8211; October 10, 1985<\/h3>\n<p>Former Perry postmaster, Leo Johnson, 74, 830 Holly street, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Bass Baptist hospital at Enid where he was admitted Wednesday. Funeral arrangements were pending Thursday at Brown Funeral home.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was born at Perry, Jan. 1,1911. He was the son of Henry L. and Elsie Johnson. Johnson was a graduate of Perry high school and was married on June 6, 1934, to Hortense Bullock at Caldwell, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson operated the Corner Fruit Market in Perry from 1934-1943. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Johnson operated the Perry bus station and cafe from 1945-1953 and was Perry postmaster from 1953-76, when he retired.<\/p>\n<p>He was an active member of the First Christian church, where he had served as an elder and deacon. Johnson was a member of the Perry Rotary club and the Masonic lodge. He also had been active in Boy Scouts of America programs.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials may be made to the Oklahoma Central Christian Camp or Cal Farley&#8217;s Boys&#8217; Ranch.<\/p>\n<p>Among survivors are three sons, Charles Johnson, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ray Johnson, Hays, Kan.; and Robert Johnson, Ponca City; one brother, Clyde Henry Johnson, Sharon, Kan.; and nine grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was preceded in death by his wife on Dec. 16, 1984<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10447"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10935,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10447\/revisions\/10935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}