Lindon woman wants to donate land for city park

(Daily Herald) In 1941, Oliver and Marie Johnson moved to Lindon and began to raise their family. Now, nearly 70 years later, one of their daughters is hoping to give back to the city that meant so much to her parents.

Connie Johnson Bahr, a resident of north Orem, came in front of the Lindon City Council on Tuesday and reported her plans to donate a piece of her family's land at 70 W. 200 South in Lindon to the city in hopes of building a park.

"I can't think of a better way to honor my parents," Bahr said. "If Daddy were still alive today, I think this is what he'd want to do anyway."

Oliver and Marie Johnson raised their family in Lindon and were always very active in the city. Oliver was involved with the town council, and Bahr said she remembers the day her dad came home excited that Lindon had become a city.

"Whatever the city was involved in, Daddy was there," Bahr said. "And Mother was his No. 1 right hand."

The couple built a house where Bahr grew up and had a large portion of land next to the home. After their death, the land the house was built on was divided into three parts and given to the couple's children.

"Then one day my brother came to me and said, 'I want to tear down the house and put a rest home there.' I came unglued," Bahr said.

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