Lynette Johnson

Lynette (Lynn) Lorraine Magdaline Johnson, 54, of rural Melbourne, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at her home surrounded by her family and under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 20th, 2009, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the family or Iowa River Hospice. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com . The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Lynette and her family. Phone 641-844-1234. Lynette was born on October 31, 1954, to Wayne and Theresa (Wagner) Hoofnagle in Waterloo, Iowa. She attended school in Waterloo, graduating from Orange High School and later attended UNI. Lynette married Bruce Ladewig in New Port Richey, Florida. They later divorced. She had resided in the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area before moving to Marshalltown in 1985. She later married Matt Johnson on October 31, 2001. Lynette had been employed by the DOT for 20 years before retiring due to health reasons. She loved to play cribbage, gardening, enjoyed needle work, fishing, loved music, and was an excellent marksman and loved her constant companion her dog, Dippy.Left to cherish Lynettes memory are her husband Matt, her sons, Eric(Melanie) Ladewig of Villa Park , Illinois, and Nicholas (Emily) Ladewig of Marshalltown; her stepchildren Lindsay and Travis Cooke, her grandchildren Lilly Rhyan Ladewig and step-grandchild Roben; her mother and father Wayne and Theresa Hoofnagle of Waterloo; her siblings, brother Dean Hoofnagle of Hawaii, sister SuZanne (Mark Chapleau) of Iowa City, brother Lyle (Diana) Hoofnagle of Edina, Minnesota, her brother Kim(Karen) Hoofnagle of Oelwein, Iowa, sister Dawn(Scott ) Ferguson of Lovell, Maine, and sister Anne Hoffnagle of Pennsylvania and in-laws Bob and Marilyn Ladewig. Lynette was preceded in death by a brother, Allen Hoofnagle.