Funeral Services for 54 year old Mark Johnson of Denison were held 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison with burial in Crawford Heights Memory Gardens in Denison. The Huebner Funeral Home in Denison is in charge of arrangements where friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 7 P.M.

Mark Allan Johnson was born April 15, 1959, the son of Allan and Patricia Robbins Johnson. He passed away at age 54, on Thursday, September 5, 2013, in rural Denison, Iowa.

Mark was born in Denison, Iowa, and baptized in Christ as an infant; later he was confirmed in the Lutheran Christian faith at Zion, Denison. Graduating from the Denison Community School, he was involved in football and FFA. He continued his higher education at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and graduated from Iowa State University. His love of FFA led him to become a vocational agriculture instructor at the Manning and IKM Community Schools.

He also worked the family farm, had a commodities business, and was employed at Farmland Foods and Johnson Insurance.

He was united in marriage to Wanda Bohlmann at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison and together the couple raised three children. At this time, he began employment at Bohlmann, Inc. where, over the years, he rose to the position of general manager.

Mark was a member of Zion Lutheran and loved his church. Over the years, he served in various leadership capacities: on the Board of Trustees, Board of Elders, and Board of Education. He also ushered, taught high school Bible Class and served as congregational president. One of Mark's strongly-held convictions was to give back to the Denison Community he loved so much. This led to community service on the CDC Board and Denison Booster Club. As a former educator, he knew the importance of a strong community school system and was a big supporter of area education. He was a Denison School Board member for the past 17 years and was presently on the board at the time of his death.

In his leisure time, Mark enjoyed various outdoor activities, spending time at the lake and Florida homes, traveling with family, as well as cheering on the Denison Monarchs and Iowa State Cyclones. Mark always had projects galore and was always lending a helping hand.

But it was his role as husband, dad and papa that brought him the most happiness and joy. Survivors include his wife, Wanda; three children: Heather and her husband, Chad; Aaron; and Nathan and his wife, Emily; his mother, Patricia; one brother, Chris and his wife, Brenda; his parents-in-law, Orville and Clare; and two brothers-in-law, Blaine and his wife, Bonnie, and Kent. Also surviving are eight grandchildren who were the light of his life: Jaden, Kane, Kira, Nash, Autumn, Presley, Gracelynn and Dawson; along with loving relatives, valued employees, and countless friends.

Mark was preceded in death by his father.