Wesley LeRoy Johnston

      Wesley LeRoy Johnston, 88, of Burlington, died at 2:50 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at Great River Medical Center Hospice House in West Burlington.

      A service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at SS Mary Catholic Church in West Burlington, with the Rev. David Steinle officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, with the Rev. David Peterson officiating.

      Following Saturday's service, a luncheon will be held in the parish center.

      A rosary will be at 6:30 p.m. today at Prugh Funeral Service chapel in Burlington, followed by family visitation until 8:30 p.m.

      A family visitation also will be from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.

      Memorials may be made to Prairie Ridge Care Center.

      Mr. Johnston was born Jan. 23, 1919, in Birmingham, the son of Ralph McKinley and Ava Clamanta Clark Johnston. He married Virlee Martin Anderson Aug. 1, 1950. She died in October 1981. He married Kathleen Ann Flynn May 29, 1982, in Burlington.

To see the complete obituary, read the Dec. 21, 2007, Fairfield Ledger.