Weyburn Clifton Johnson
Dec. 14, 1926 – July 28, 2021
The Rev. Weyburn C.
Johnson, age 94, of Garris-
on, ND, passed away at St
Alexius Hospital in
Garrison on Wednesday,
July 28, 2021.
He was born December
14, 1926, and grew up on
a farm near Turtle Lake,
ND. While attending high
school in Turtle Lake, he
took additional course-
work in Chicago at Chi-
cago Evangelistic Insti-
tute, graduating from high
school in 1944. In 1947,
he graduated from CEI
with a degree in Sacred
Literature.
After he graduated from
Greenville College, he
married Dorothy Witmer
from Brown City, MI
whom he had dated for
four years. They celebrat-
ed 70 years of marriage
before Dorothy passed
away on January 29, 2020.
He was a devoted and
loving father to his three
sons, all born in India:
Donald (Pat) of Oak Park,
MI; Wayne (deceased)
(Mary) of Turtle Lake, ND;
David (deceased) of
Springfield, IL and Caro-
lyn (David’s ex-wife of
West Chicago, IL). He is
survived by nine
grandchildren: Erik, Kevin
(Zac), Samuel (Katy),
Anna (Brent), Simone
(Ryan), Sylvia, Paul (fian-
cee Lisa), Jared (fiancee
Vanessa) and Aaron (Jen-
nifer) and nine
great-grandchildren: Alex,
Sophia, Clara, Rori,
Sorrel, Abigail, Finn,
Ryan and Teddy Linn.
Following marriage,
Weyburn and Dorothy at-
tended the Missionary
Medical course at Biola
University for one year
and were accepted by the
United Missionary Society
(World Partners) as mis-
sionaries to India, serving
for 18 years. Their duties
included village evangel-
ism, teaching and manag-
ing the Evangelical Litera-
ture Depot in Calcutta.
In 1969, when Weyburn
wanted to be more in-
volved in his sons’ lives,
the Johnsons returned to
the United States. In
1973, the couple moved to
Wheaton, IL. During his
time in IL, he worked for
Bibles for the World, Lyon
& Healy, and the Evangeli-
cal Training Association.
For the last 10 years be-
fore retiring, he worked as
Director of Business Af-
fairs for Christ Church of
Oak Brook. In October,
2013, they moved to
Minot, ND, to be near
family and continued
ministering at Vincent
United Methodist Church.
Weyburn spent time
staying in touch with fam-
ily and friends via phone,
letter, email, and Zoom.
All who knew him felt his
warmth and love for peo-
ple. He had a great love
for world missions and
contributed to many para-
church organizations.
His memorial service in
ND will be held on Satur-
day, September 25, 2021,
at 11:00 am at Vincent
United Methodist Church
in Minot. His interment
will be at 3:00 pm at the
Riverview Cemetery in
Washburn. A memorial
service for Weyburn and
Dorothy will take place in
MI in the summer of
2022. Details to follow.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions in memory of Wey-
burn may be sent to The
Philip Endowed Scholar-
ship Fund, Taylor Univer-
sity, 236 W Reade Ave.,
Upland, IN; World
Partners USA, PO Box
9127, Fort Wayne, IN
46899 or to The Clean
Water Well Project organ-
ized by the India Gospel
League:
https://give.iglworld.
org/campaign/51764/
weyburn-johnson-
clean-water-well-with
-storage-tank-2.
“Whoever wishes to
save their life will lose it;
but whoever loses their
life for my sake will find
it.” Jesus
Those wishing to sign
the online register and
share memories may ac-
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section at
(www.thompson
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