Obituary of Elgin L. Johnson

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELGIN L. JOHNSON Elgin L. Johnson was born November 22, 1926, to Issac and Elda (Becker) Johnson in Isabella, Oklahoma, and passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, on December 23, 2013, at the age of 87. Elgin graduated from Goltry High School in Goltry, Oklahoma, with the class of 1945. He was immediately drafted for World War II. After returning from the war he worked for Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. He then returned to Enid, Oklahoma, where he worked on the flight line bussing pilots and assisting in other flight line duties. In 1977, Elgin moved to Norton where he was employed at the Norton State Hospital until his retirement. Elgin was a member of the Norton Christian Church and the Harmsonson-Redd American Legion Post #63. He enjoyed fishing, Bluejay sports, Oklahoma Sooner football, and Atlanta Braves baseball as in high school his senior year he pitched two no-hitter games. Survivors include: two sisters, Karen Glenn, and Bernetta Benham and husband, Will, all of Norton; two nephews, Mike Glenn, and wife, Penny, Manhattan, Kansas; and Carl Benham, Ft. Lupton, Colorado; four nieces, Megan Hibbard, and husband, Jon, Manhattan; Sharon North, and husband, Jim, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Carmella Johnson, Wichita; and Holly Benham, of Texas; other relatives and many friends. Elgin was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Larry Johnson, one half-brother, Melvin Schmidt, two brothers-in-law, Chet Johnson and John Glenn, and one nephew, Matt Glenn. Memorials have been established to The Rock in Norton and to Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, KS.