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Vita June (Billie) Johnson

June 24, 1929 — January 1, 2017

Vita June (Billie) Johnson

Vita June (Billie) Johnson Merrill, Michigan Passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017, at Schnepp's Senior Care and Rehab Center, St. Louis, Michigan. Age 87 years. The daughter of the late Alda Floy (Hawkins) and Lowell Ammon Dismang was born June 5, 1929 in Supply, Arkansas. She married J. R. Johnson, March 10, 1945. He passed away June 24, 2014. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson came to Saginaw in 1945. Billie was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Saginaw and Ithaca. She enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking, sewing and was an avid Detroit Tiger and St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan. Most of all she enjoyed her family. Surviving are two sons and their wives. John L. and Linda Johnson, Merrill, MI; Joel C. and Dawn Johnson, Clare, MI; ten grandchildren, Mark, Bradley, Ryan and Darick Tack, Brent, Brandon and Clayton Johnson, Mariah Rogers, Amanda Pandl and James Johnson, numerous great and great great grandchildren; a sister, Martha Jane Kerley, Arkansas; her sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary Pifer, Sue and Curtis Bentley, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter and son-in-law, Gayle and Bill Tack, two brothers, Bobby Dismang and Lowell (Tom) Thomas Dismang. The funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2017, at the W. L. Case and Co. Funeral Chapel in Merrill. Brother David Deibel will officiate with burial in Lakefield Twp. Cemetery. Friends may call at the Chapel in Merrill from 3:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday and from 10:00 a.m. Friday until the time of the funeral service. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider the Jonesfield/Lakefield Fire Department, the Merrill Scholarship fund or the charity of their choice. www.casefuneralhome.com

Funeral Home:
W. L. Case and Company
125 East Saginaw Street
Merrill, MI
United States 48637
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Visitation

Thursday, January 5, 2017

2:00 - 8:00 pm (Eastern time)

W.L. Case & Company Funeral Directors - Merrill

125 E. Saginaw St., Merrill, MI 48637

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Service

Friday, January 6, 2017

Starts at 11:00 am (Eastern time)

W.L. Case & Company Funeral Directors - Merrill

125 E. Saginaw St., Merrill, MI 48637

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