Charitable organizations in the Sioux City-area received an unexpected gift this week. Sioux City-native and World War Two veteran Bill Johnson died in late April at the age of 91. He lived his professional life in Los Angeles, accumulating wealth as a contractor. He returned to his hometown 11 years ago and has now left his estate to local nonprofits. Food Bank of Siouxland is one of the beneficiaries and its executive director, Linda Scheid has plans for the money.
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The 86-thousand dollars ($86,000) going to the Food Bank is the largest individual gift to the organization, at least since Scheid has been there.
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The $2 million Johnson left behind is being split among 29 nonprofits working on children’s issues. Scheid said she had never heard of Johnson before getting word about the donation.
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