Flags to Fly at Half-Staff at State Capitol & in North Bend
to Honor Lowell Johnson

(Lincoln, Neb.) Gov. Dave Heineman has granted a request by North Bend Mayor Jeff Kluthe for U.S. and Nebraska flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the passing of Lowell C. Johnson, a former Nebraska state senator and former member of the State Public Service Commission.

Flags will be flown at half-staff in his hometown of North Bend on the day of his funeral, Wednesday, Sept. 9.

The Governor has also directed that flags will be lowered at the Nebraska State Capitol and the Governor’s residence on Wednesday in recognition of Johnson’s service to the state.

Lowell graduated from the University of Nebraska and served in the Navy during World War II. He was in farming and property management in North Bend.

Johnson was 89.