Larry "Snuffy" Johnson

July 1, 1943 - March 2, 2016

Larry “Snuffy” Johnson, 71, of Tiffin, Iowa passed away March 2, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. He was born July 1, 1944 in Coatsville, Missouri to Olin “Swede” and Freda Jean Moore Johnson. He graduated from Milton High School and joined the U.S. Army. While in the Army, he played in the Elite Marching Band performing for the President of the United States. He was very musical and could play any instrument. In 1967, he married Evelyn Yvonne Bunner in Kirksville, Missouri. She passed away April 7, 2015. Larry had been a police officer in St. Louis, Kirksville, and the Chief of Police in Montezuma, Iowa, before retiring. He is survived by a son, Stephen (Phyllis) Johnson; step-son, Danny Jacobs; nine grandchildren, Clayton Jacobs, Justin Jacobs, Noah Johnson, Emilee Johnson, Mathew Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Brian Haynes, Torah Haven, Kendra German; great-granddaughter, Vivian Jacobs; and two sisters, Lori (Terry) Nichols of Ottumwa, Iowa, Vicki (Lloyd) Mietzner of Bloomfield. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and granddaughter, Danielle Jacobs. Graveside services with burial of the cremated remains will be at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at the Troy Cemetery in Troy, Iowa with Pastor Pete Grose officiating. Military rites will be performed by Reed-Whisler Post #78 of the American Legion in Bloomfield.