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Johnsons Recovering from Accident Injuries
CHICAGO, IL (March 10, 2005) - Retired missionary to Colombia Marlys Johnson
was scheduled to undergo surgery last evening at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Downers Grove to help repair her fractured left tibia and shoulder
that she suffered in a nine-vehicle pileup last week south of Chicago.
She is expected to be transferred to Marian Joy Rehab Center in Wheaton
no earlier than Saturday, says her husband, Richard, who also was a
missionary in Colombia.
The couple was injured in the accident on Interstate-55 south of Chicago
last Thursday. The accident shut down traffic in both directions along a
five-mile stretch of the highway. Nine people were injured. Marlys
sustained a concussion, broken ribs and sternum. Richard suffered a
concussion, numerous fractures in the pelvic area, ribs and sternum.
Surgery is not scheduled for him, but he was scheduled to be transferred
to Marian Joy today.
Richard says the couple is thankful to God for their protection as well
as all the care, concern and prayers they have been receiving. The
Johnsons spent their entire 26-year service as Covenant missionaries in
Colombia, beginning in 1976. They retired in 2002 and have been living
in Wilmington, Illinois.
More information will be published in this online Covenant news report
as it becomes available.
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