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Martin Johns

Published 2/1/2010 in Obituaries

RICHFIELD -- Martin Russell Johns, 88, of Richfield, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson City.

He was born Aug. 26, 1921, near Geneva, Neb., to Jesse Julius and Edna Pearl Russell Johns. He lived in Nebraska until the family returned to southern Indiana in 1925. They moved to Kansas in 1927. He graduated from a country grade school four miles north of Big Bow and attended Johnson City High School for three years. Because of the dust storms, his family moved to Edwards County and he graduated in 1938 from Center View High School. He attended Kansas State Teachers College, now known as Emporia State University. During his senior year, he was called to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater. He was a member of the 32nd International Business Machine Unit, a mobile unit serving the First Army under the command of Gen. Omar Bradley in England, France, Germany and Belgium. In 1945, the unit was returned to the United States. He received an honorable discharge on Oct. 1, 1945.

On Sept. 16, 1945, he married Helen Esther Hand in Partridge.

Mr. Johns was a farmer in the rural Richfield area. He was a member of the Richfield United Methodist Church and Richfield United Methodist Men, and served as the church's youth choir director, song leader and Sunday school teacher. He was a former county Farm Bureau president and a member of Pioneer Electric Cooperative at Ulysses, serving on the board of directors for 18 years. He had been a resident of the Special Care Unit in Elkhart since Sept. 21, 2005, and moved to Stanton County Long Term Care Unit on Jan. 15.

In addition to his wife, other survivors include five sons, Dennis Martin Johns, Brian Lane Johns and Michael Sterling Owings, all of Wichita, Daryl Tremain Johns of Daphne, Ala., and Norman Dallas Johns of Richfield; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a stillborn son, Barry Eugene Johns; and a brother, Julius J. Johns.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Richfield United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Sandy Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in Richfield Cemetery.

Visitation hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Tuesday at Paul's Funeral Home in Hugoton and 10 a.m. to service time Wednesday at Richfield United Methodist Church. Memorials are suggested to the Martin Russell Johns Memorial Fund, with proceeds going to the Rolla Schools Music Department and Richfield United Methodist Church, in care of the funeral home, Box 236, Hugoton, KS 67951.

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