Mr. Johnson was a heavy equipment operator for the railroad.
He is survived by four brothers, Gary and Dale, both of Grand Junction, Mert of Whitewater, and Winston of Colorado Springs; and nine sisters, Mary Anderson and June Anderson, both of St. Paul, Nebraska, Shirley Gibson, Norie Buzzard, Irene Johnson, Gloria Street and Karla Clark, all of Grand Junction, Helen Taylor of Seattle, and Verna Wyatt of Fairbanks, Alaska.