She was the adopted daughter of Bob and Opal Scarlett. She graduated from Albion High School in 1963. On March 6, 1965, she married James Lawrence New at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grand Island, NE. They had 2 children, Judith and James, and lived in Grand Island and then in Iowa for several years. She married Donald D. Johnson on August 7, 1982 at the United Methodist Church in Albion, and she gained two more sons, Danny and Denny Johnson. They lived in Albion where she worked at Azonic and then became a dispatcher/jailer for the Boone County Sheriff’s Department in Albion for 26 years, retiring in 2016. She was a member of the Nebraska Emergency Communications Association. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald, parents Bob and Opal Scarlett, biological parents Gerald and Alta Mason, and aunt Iva Mason. She is survived by her children: Judith (John) McCluskey of Pasco, WA; and Jim New (Sheila Potter) of Valparaiso, NE; two step-sons: Danny (Cathy) Johnson of Auburn, NE; Denny (Melinda) Johnson of Albion, NE; 9 grandchildren: Morgan New of Columbus, NE; Brittany Ellenwood of Columbus, NE; Eric (Katie) Johnson of Albion, NE; Chelsea Johnson Auburn, NE; Tyler (Julia) Johnson of Lincoln, NE: Courtney Johnson (fiancée Russel Tanner) of Brownville, NE; Alexa (Kolton) Knievel of Neligh, NE; Blayr Johnson (fiancée Rodger Haselhorst) of Randolph, NE, Cabre Johnson of Albion, NE; many great-grandchildren; brother Dean (Becky) Scarlett of Perry, IA.
She was the adopted daughter of Bob and Opal Scarlett. She graduated from Albion High School in 1963. On March 6, 1965, she married James Lawrence New at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grand Island, NE. They had 2 children, Judith and James, and lived in Grand Island and then in Iowa for several years. She married Donald D. Johnson on August 7, 1982 at the United Methodist Church in Albion, and she gained two more sons, Danny and Denny Johnson. They lived in Albion where she worked at Azonic and then became a dispatcher/jailer for the Boone County Sheriff’s Department in Albion for 26 years, retiring in 2016. She was a member of the Nebraska Emergency Communications Association. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald, parents Bob and Opal Scarlett, biological parents Gerald and Alta Mason, and aunt Iva Mason. She is survived by her children: Judith (John) McCluskey of Pasco, WA; and Jim New (Sheila Potter) of Valparaiso, NE; two step-sons: Danny (Cathy) Johnson of Auburn, NE; Denny (Melinda) Johnson of Albion, NE; 9 grandchildren: Morgan New of Columbus, NE; Brittany Ellenwood of Columbus, NE; Eric (Katie) Johnson of Albion, NE; Chelsea Johnson Auburn, NE; Tyler (Julia) Johnson of Lincoln, NE: Courtney Johnson (fiancée Russel Tanner) of Brownville, NE; Alexa (Kolton) Knievel of Neligh, NE; Blayr Johnson (fiancée Rodger Haselhorst) of Randolph, NE, Cabre Johnson of Albion, NE; many great-grandchildren; brother Dean (Becky) Scarlett of Perry, IA.
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