Robert "Bob" Johnson
Robert Glenn “Bob” Johnson, Marshfield, was born November 3, 1944, in Oak Ridge, TN to William and Helen Morris Johnson. He departed this life on June 16, 2024, at the age of 79.
Bob had worked as a field agent for the USDA for 35 years before working as an agricultural loan analyst for Southern Missouri Bank until fully retiring in 2016. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict stationed in Vilseck, West Germany. Bob was a member of the Marshfield United Methodist Church where he served as an Elder, served the Marshfield School and Webster County boards and was an Assistant Sheep Superintendent at the Missouri State Fair. He also was a member of the American Shropshire Sheep Association where he served as President and on the Board of Directors during a pivotal time in that organization.
Bob loved raising livestock passing this love to his children and grandchildren. He raised Hereford cattle as a youth in Texas County and Shropshire and Suffolk sheep in Webster County with his family. He and Karen provided many great memories showing sheep across the Midwest at county, state, regional and national sheep shows and for that Kari, Russ, Gina, and Mary Anne and their children will be forever grateful.
Bob’s greatest role in life was being Karen’s primary caretaker for 13 years. He embodied the promise he made to Karen, “to have and to hold… for better for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish from this day forward”. Bob and Karen were a formidable team, quite possibly the greatest teammates to have ever lived.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Karen.
Bob is survived by four children, Kari Johnson and Rob Hill, Marshfield, Russ Johnson and Molly, Wooster, OH, Regina Wilson and Kalen, Bentonville, AR, Mary Anne Keck and Jason, Niangua; eight grandchildren Colby Chastain, Morgan Johnson, Mason Johnson, Mallory Johnson, Margo Johnson, Milo Johnson, Kirsten Keck and Hunter Keck; one brother, Bill Johnson and JoAnn, Houston; brother-in- law, Ted and Eva Marie Morse, Marshfield; sisters-in-laws, Elsie McColgin, Raymondville, and Jolene Carson and Gregg, Rolla as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends that became family.
Inurnment with military honors for Bob Johnson will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 18, 2024, at Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield. Visitation will be at noon on July 18 in the Marshfield United Methodist Church, followed by Celebration of Life Services at 1:00 p.m. in the church.
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to TLC Programs or the Ark at UMC in care of Fraker Funeral Home.