Delbert G. Johns

Delbert G. Johns, 93, of Hinton, IA, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Westwood Care Facility.

Funeral Services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, March 19, 2021 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Reverend Kenny Hsu will officiate. A visitation will be held 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., with family present 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. 

Delbert was born June 12, 1927 in Wynot, NE, the son of George and Rose (Johnson) Johns. He attended different schools to attain his 8^th grade education. The family moved to different farms during depression years making a life with many challenges, ending in the Hinton area during the second World War. This is when Delbert developed his love for farming.

On May 4, 1947, he married Eva Joy Thorne of Homer, NE in Marysville, KS. To this union, three children were born; Dennis, Sharon, and Linda. The family settled on a farm East of Hinton. During this time, he also worked at Swifts for 13 years. Later, during the farm crisis he started driving truck to help keep his farming operation going. He drove for a grain company, then Van Houten trucking and ending driving for S&S Implement. In 2007, he and Eva Joy retired from farming and moved into a house in Hinton.

Delbert was a devoted member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church where he served as an usher and was active in Friends of Christ with Eva Joy. He loved farming with International tractors being his choice, he loved the red. For recreation, they loved taking fishing trips to Canada where they had many great memories.

Those left to honor his memory are his children Dennis (Mary) Johns of Green Valley, AZ, son-in-law Daryl Heimgartner of Le Mars, Linda (Robert) Greene of Hinton, IA; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Eva Joy, daughter Sharon Heimgartner, sisters Wauneta (Joseph) Hogan and Barbara (Lester) Stephens.