COMMERCE -- Winston Darrell Johnston, 68, of Commerce, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center.
He was born Sept. 6, 1923, at Piedmont, son of Claude Lee and Helen Brown Johnston. He and Dolores McKinney were married June 9, 1945.
Johnston was a bus driver 30 years with Bi-State in St. Louis. He was a member of Commerce Baptist Church and Chaffee VFW Post 3127. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife; his mother, Mrs. Leo Greitens of Florissant; a daughter, Virginia Wheeler of Ballwin; two grandsons, and three stepgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and stepfather.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Commerce Baptist Church. Roy Jones will officiate. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery at Commerce, with graveside rites by Scott City VFW Post 6407.
Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City after 4 p.m. today, and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until service time.
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