Daniel Bryon Johnson

Daniel B. Johnson, 70, of Loveland, CO passed away at home in the early morning on Saturday, September 5th. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Regina; his five children and their spouses; Stacey and Kim, Dana, Jeremy and Bethany, Ken, Kylie and Jon, and his five grandchildren, Kevan, Ashlynn, Ginny, Lena, and Bailey.

Daniel, “Pops” to his family, was born in Castro Valley, CA and grew up adventuring through the Bay Area in the 1960s. He was a wanderer at heart and loved traveling with his father Leonard while he was young and then later as a Navy service member. He met and married his beloved “wifey” Regina in 1977.

He spent much of his life serving others as a minister, which took him and his family from Stockton, California to Wausau, Wisconsin to Seattle, Washington to Beulah, Colorado, and finally to Loveland, Colorado, where they settled in 1994. He had an insatiable curiosity and love for learning, and he was passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience, whether over a pulpit or a family dinner. He cherished the opportunities he had to serve with a missions group in Kenya, and he had a lifelong fascination with learning about the world and how it worked.

Pops threw himself headlong into whatever curiosity took his attention --at various times, hunting, fishing, golf, carpentry, welding, astronomy, and daytrading among many others. He loved to study everything from theology and philosophy to the Civil Rights movement to political conservatism to personal development. He was a passionate music lover and spent hours listening and sharing music from The Staple Singers to Joe Bonamassa. He was game to try almost anything once, including a short and ill-fated stint into veganism in the mid 1980s. He was an exceptionally talented artist and could pick up a skill with little effort. He was a true jack-of-all trades and could fix almost anything, but there were always a few parts left over.

Pops loved the silliness of life, and laughed with such ferocity that he would cry. He deeply enjoyed a family game night and imagination games with his grandchildren. He was also a deeply sentimental man who loved his family fiercely and was generous with his emotions. In his later years, he would often be found hanging out with his young granddaughters teaching them how to use an iPad, playing pretend, and cuddling with them while watching a game of football.

We will deeply miss his generous spirit and his loving heart.

The family will not be hosting a public memorial, but would welcome any kind words or warm memories to this page.