ServicesBeloved Keepsake JewelryOur Living Memorial ProgramOur Service of RemembranceThe Weerts GuaranteeTechnology MattersCremation
Get StartedOur Pre-Arrangement Staff
Why Choose Weerts?The Family Ownership DifferenceOur Administrative StaffOur Funeral DirectorsOur HistoryOur Affiliations
CourtyardFoyerMain ChapelClocktower
We Salute Our VeteransLocal Support OrganizationsSocial SecurityWho's Really In Charge Article SeriesGriefwords Library
Map & Driving Directions
Gladys  J. Johannsen

Bookmark and Share

Gladys J. Johannsen
Pleasant Valley
Died on Monday, February 8th, 2010

Visitation:
Services:
1 p.m. Monday, February 15th, 2010
Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport, Iowa
Cemetery: Fairmount Cemetery
Gladys Judith Johannsen, 98, of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa. Services in celebration of her long life will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, February 15th, at Weerts Funeral Home, Kimberly at Jersey Ridge, Davenport, with Rev. Jim Tully officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Davenport. Memorials may be made to the family.

Mrs. Johannsen was born in 1912 in Davenport, Iowa to William and Grace Westphal. Following her graduation with the class of '32 from Davenport Central, she attended Brown Business College and earned her degree in business. She married Howard W. Johannsen, Sr. in the "Little Brown Church" in Nashua, Iowa. He preceded her in death. For 21 years, she worked as an executive secretary to the National Sales Manager for Bendix, retiring in 1977, from Litton. She worked numerous years for M. L. Park department store, Davenport, in the fine china and crystal department. She had also worked at the Davenport Natatorium. She enjoyed going for summer drives in her Pontiac convertible, visiting many of the local restaurants along the way. Gardening, bird watching and roller-skating were also favorite pastimes.

Her only family surviving is her grandson, Jeffrey Johannsen of Des Moines. In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by her companion, Gerald R Strait Jan. 22, 2009, a son, Howard Wm. Johannsen, Jr., granddaughter, Cheri Johannsen, grandson, Kirk Van William Johannsen, daughter-in-law, Andrea Kay Johannsen, mother-in-law, Erma Johannsen, and father-in-law, William Johannsen.



Condolences (Show Condolences)
Leave a condolence:

Your Name:
Email:
Keep Email Private:
  By unchecking the box above, you agree
to the displaying of your email address
with your condolence.
Your Relationship:
Your Message:
1000 chars max. 
No HTML 
  Please type the number 50058:
(spam prevention)
 

Weerts Funeral Home, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to remove any online condolence for any reason.


TO MAIL A MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTION OR SYMPATHY CARD

If you would like to mail a card or contribution to the family, simply address your envelope to:

WEERTS FUNERAL HOME
3625 Jersey Ridge Road
Davenport, IA 52807
ATTN: The Family Of Gladys J. Johannsen.

We will forward your envelope directly to the family upon receipt.
If further assistance is required, please click here or call 563.355.4433.
Weerts Funeral Home - 3625 Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport, Iowa 52807 tel. 563.355.4433