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Dec 14, 2020
MOORLAND Sandra “Sandy” (Moe) Johnson of Fremont, age 72, passed away peacefully at home. She was the eldest child of Moorland, IA farmers, Howard and Donna (Lang) Moe. She graduated from Prairie High School in 1966 and attended Iowa Central Community College. Sandy transferred to the University of Northern Iowa and earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1970. She taught school for several years in Waterloo, IA, where she met and married John C. Johnson in 1974.
In 1974, the newly dubbed “Mrs. Johnson” moved to Fremont where she raised her two daughters and taught hundreds of Fremont Public School children over 32 years; she taught 3rd and 4th grade at Howard Elementary for 30 of those years. Sandy earned her Master’s Degree in Education from Dana College in 1996 all while teaching full-time and raising a family. Sandy lived near Howard School until she retired and enjoyed seeing her current and former students in the neighborhood.