Dale W. Johnson
Keyser, W.Va. – Dale W. Johnson, 88, formerly of Keyser, died
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Dawn View Center
in Fort Ashby, where he had been a resident for
the past three years.
Born December 13, 1919, in Keyser, he was
a son of the late Edmond
and Etta (Britton) Johnson. He was also
preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Helen (Matthews) Johnson in 2000 and
his sister Dena Gank.
Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Keyser High School
and various trade schools in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky and attended
West Virginia Institute of Technology.
An U.S. Army veteran of WWII, Dale trained for detached service in both
armored division and armored cavalry. He
was also assigned to Support Services and spent 30 months in New Guinea and the Philippines.
After the war, Dale worked for the
Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio and later for the Celanese Corporation plant near Cumberland. There he met Helen Matthews of Lonaconing and
they were married in the spring of 1948.
Dale also worked at Minnich’s Flower Shop and
Stewart’s Hardware installing appliances before going into business for himself as a plumbing and heating contactor.
During the 1979’s and 1980’s, Dale was a
Building Trades Teacher at the Mineral
County Vocational
Technical Center
in Keyser. He taught basic plumbing
skills, carpentry, masonry and how to work with electrical wiring and sheet
metal.
Surviving are his daughter Donna L. Kenney
and husband Ronald of Fort Ashby; his three grandchildren, Jennifer D.
Hollander and husband Dan, Sandra Arnold and husband Jason and Melinda Glenn
and husband Lenny and his two great grandsons, Dean Arnold and Conrad
Hollander.
Per request, there was no visitation. Funeral services were conducted Friday, May
2, 2008 at the Markwood Funeral Home in Keyser. Interment was in Potomac Memorial
Gardens, Keyser, W.Va.
The family requests that memorials take
the form of contributions to Dawn
View Center,
P.O. Box 686,
Fort
Ashby Drive, Fort Ashby, WV 26719
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