Neal Johnson

Neal E. Johnson, age 91 of Atwater, MN, formerly of Litchfield, MN died at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN on Tuesday July 23, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday August 2, 2024 at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Neal Edwin Johnson, the son of Edwin W. and M. Alice (Johnson) Johnson was born in on May 15, 1933 in Litchfield, MN. Neal attended grades 1-8 at School District 78 and graduated from Litchfield High School in 1952. He was baptized at Lake Koronis as a teenager. Neal was united in marriage to Jeanetta Bebee on September 2, 1978 in Croix Falls, WI. Over the years, Neal lived in Corvuso, Hutchinson, Litchfield and Atwater, MN. He was a member of the Corvuso Church of the Nazarene and the Church of the Nazarene Church in Litchfield. Neal worked as a custodian in Hutchinson for many years. He was active in 4-H for many years and showed a sheep at the Meeker County Fair when the fair was at the Central Park at the community building. He also showed a sheep at the state fair one year. He enjoyed fishing, singing with the Litchfield Area Male Chorus, running, going for walks and coffee time at McDonald’s.

He is survived by his stepchildren Lillian (Mike) Wilson and Delight (Myron) Olson of Wisconsin; sister Beverly Driver; and nieces and nephews Lanita Hall, Craig Johnson, Mona Piepenburg, Pam Piehl, Clark Johnson, Jack Johnson, Susan Johnson, Kevin Driver, Wade Driver and Terry Driver; 7 stepgrandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife Jeanetta; parents Edwin and M. Alice; sister Faith; brothers David and Sidney Dean; sisters-in-law Joan and Bonnie; and brother-in-law Kenneth.