Oliver Gohn Jr.

OLIVER SPENCER GOHN JR.

Fairfield

Oliver Spencer Gohn Jr., 94, of Fairfield, was called home Sunday, July 19, 2020,

at Sunnybrook Living Care Center. Open visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Behner Funeral Home. Following the visitation, he will be cremated. Graveside memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, July 24, at Union Cemetery, Fairfield, with Pastor John Kermott officiating. Military honors will be after the graveside service. To get to Union Cemetery, you will take Hwy 34 East, turn right on Spruce Avenue, turn left on 220th Street and Union Cemetery will be the left.

A memorial has been established and can be mailed to Myra Williams, 201 S. Fulton, Keota, IA 52248.

Oliver was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Fairfield to Oliver Spencer and Myra Agnes (Russell) Gohn Sr. He married Helen Crawford on Aug. 31, 1946, at the Baptist parsonage in Fairfield.

Oliver served in the Navy during World War II and won the Golden Glove Boxer Award. He worked at the Ordnance Plant in Middletown and then became Postmaster at the Emmetsburg, Iowa, Post Office until he retired in 1983. Oliver did wood working and took them to craft shows to sell. He loved being outside watching birds, fishing or deer hunting. Oliver followed the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs and any college and NFL football team. He was an umpire for Little League games and sports announcer at Pekin HS.

Oliver will be missed by his wife of 73 years, Helen; two children, Terri Rivera of Greenwood, Ind., and Randy Gohn of Phoenix, Ariz.; eight grandchildren, Jason Degen, Myra Williams, Melissa Curtis, Justin Degen, Marica Degen, Maria Rivera, Jose Rivera and Jesus Rivera; and 13 great-grandchildren, Tyler, Gavin, Zoey, Gracie, Myla, Landen, Abigail, Jalyn, Oliver, Lola, Armando, Nora and Myah.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver Sr. and Myra Gohn; two brothers, Howard and Vernard www.behnerfh.com.