- Date Of Birth: October 31, 1947
- Date Of Death: April 16, 2023
- State: Nebraska
Obit – Dennis Lee Johnson-75 of Fairbury, NE
Dennis grew up in the Fairbury area attending grade school in Gladstone and graduating from Fairbury High School with the class of 1965.
He married Mary Shamburg and this union was blessed with the birth of one daughter.
Dennis farmed all of his life; he loved being out in God’s great creation. But besides farming Dennis was quite a mechanic, fixing whatever needed to be fixed. One winter he and his brother built a three-wheeler out of spare parts in the shop and he drove it over 90,000 miles.
Tractor pulls were his passion. He and his brother Mark enjoyed competing and won a national championship. Winning the nationals was no small thing; they loaded his tractor into a container and shipped it to The Netherlands to compete in the world finals. Taking his family to Holland was quite a trip. He also loved sprint car racing with his brother on his pit crew.
Besides farming Dennis would load up his combine and travel north and south to custom combine wheat.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his daughter Roni Johnson of Firth, NE, brother Mark Johnson of Fairbury, NE and grandson Zayne Johnson of Firth, NE, along with many friends.
