Donald F. Johns

Don­ald F. Johns, 76, of Delaware passed away Sat­ur­day morn­ing (July 7, 2012) at Grady Memo­r­ial Hospital.

He was born on June 18, 1936, in Delaware to the late Bernard and Julia (Abrams) Johns. A grad­u­ate of Willis High School in 1954, he also served in the U.S. Army Reserves. He worked as a mechanic at Keefer’s Chevro­let, Gene David Buick, Nestlé’s in Sun­bury and retired as ter­mi­nal super­vi­sor for PPG in Delaware.

Attend­ing the Delaware Bible Church, he was not only a ser­vant to God, but also to his com­mu­nity. He was always will­ing to lend a help­ing hand. An out­doors­man at heart, he enjoyed camp­ing, boat­ing and fish­ing for wall­eye on the waters of Lake Erie. He favored trac­tors of all types, espe­cially Inter­na­tion­als. Con­sid­ered a prob­lem solver, he had a spe­cial knack for fig­ur­ing out how to fix things, specif­i­cally those mechan­i­cal in nature. He will be remem­bered for his help­ing hands and time spent with his trea­sured grandchildren.

He is sur­vived by his main inter­est and beloved wife of 54 years, Judy (Bur­well); sons, Greg (Patty) Johns of Mari­etta, Ga., and Steve (Lori) Johns of Delaware; grand­chil­dren, Andrew, Joshua, Zachary and Ben­jamin; sis­ter, Judy (Frank) Dolfin­ger of Delaware; and brother, Jack (Linda) Johns of Delaware.

He was also pre­ceded in death by a sis­ter, Char­lotte Garrison.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Fri­day at the Sny­der Rod­man Funeral Cen­ter, 1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side Drive, Delaware. Funeral ser­vices will be held at 1 p.m. Sat­ur­day at the Delaware Bible Church with the Rev. Mar­vin Hintz offi­ci­at­ing and bur­ial will fol­low in Marl­bor­ough Ceme­tery. A recep­tion will be held at the Sny­der Rod­man Com­mu­nity Room after the services.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to curePC.org.

Con­do­lences can be addressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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