Beverly Jean Johnson, daughter of Ovid Ernest and Jessie Mae (Eller) Cox, was born January 12, 1934 in Ottumwa, Iowa. She passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa, at the age of 83 years, 1 month and 4 days.

Bev grew up in Shenandoah, she graduated from Shenandoah High School with the class of 1951. On January 16, 1954 she was united in marriage to Kenneth L. Johnson at the First Baptist Church in Shenandoah.

Bev worked at Northwestern Bell Telephone in Shenandoah and Des Moines and Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shenandoah and Hamburg. She enjoyed going to antique malls and flea markets.

Bev was preceded in death by her parents and brother Robert E. Cox.

Bev is survived by her husband Kenneth Johnson of Shenandoah, daughter Michele Polk of Shenandoah, son Brian Johnson and wife Anne of Bella Vista, AR, grandsons Gregory Polk of Shenandoah, Matthew Polk and wife Paige of Sidney and Andrew Polk and wife Rebecca of Shenandoah, great grandkids Maclay Polk, Dakota Polk, Evey Polk and Noah Johnson, sister Marilyn Campbell and husband Bill of El Cajon, CA, brother James Cox of Maryville, MO, other relatives and friends.

Celebration of life funeral service will be held 11:30 am, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home.

Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to service from 10:30-11:30 am, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah.

Burial will be held the Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah.

Memorials may be directed to People for PAWS or First Baptist Church Stained Glass Fund.