Julia Ione Johnson (Purvis), 85, passed away peacefully in the warmth of her home with loved ones by her side on Friday, May 22, 2020. She was born in Valley, Nebraska on January 9, 1935 to Claude and Maxine Purvis. She was the second of three daughters born to the couple. The family moved to Sacramento after the war, and she graduated from McClatchy High School. She loved to sing and was in the A ‘Capella choir in high school and sang and played the piano at church. She enjoyed her back-yard garden and loved to bake pies with fruit from her trees. She cherished time with her family and was a loving and supportive wife, sister, mother, grandmother and aunt. She retired from McClellan AFB in 1991, after working there for 37 years and later volunteered at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Johnson. Parents, Claude and Maxine Purvis, sister Claudette Sorenson, and her daughter Lori Saia. She will be greatly missed by her daughter, Shari Olson, her son and daughter-in-law Charles and Wendy Bridgman, and her sister Sharon Sullivan. She will be forever remembered by her grandchildren, Stefanie, Stauch, Carissa, Britney, Mykala, Jada, and Joey, her 6 great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and friends. A celebration of Life service will be held at Community of Christ Church when current restrictions are lifted.
Here is her favorite bible verse, the 23rd, Psalms KJV “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.”
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