Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother Laura Jean Johnson peacefully passed away at the age of 85 with family by her side on January 20, 2019 in Federal Way, WA. Laura Jean has now joined her beloved husband of 46 years, E. Lloyd Johnson, parents Frank and Lucy Rittgers, and sisters Mary Ann and Darlene Rittgers in heaven. She is survived by her daughter Pamela Johnson-Orr, her sons Derek and Cameron Johnson, her sister Iora Rittgers, her grandchildren Tommy and Nicholas Orr, and Dallas and Dalton Johnson.
Laura was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on October 11, 1933 and was raised in Pocahontas Iowa. She graduated from the University of Iowa with degrees in English, Social Studies, and Education and a teaching certificate. Laura married E. Lloyd Johnson on December 28, 1957. Lloyd’s work moved them to Seattle Washington when he went to work for Weyerhaeuser. Laura Jean taught school in Iowa, Ballard High School in Seattle, and Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, WA.
Laura loved researching genealogy and attending the 5th Avenue theatre. She participated in the Garden Club of Uplake, was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Association of University Women, and was active in the Bothell United Methodist Church Women’s Group.
Lloyd and Laura loved to travel and saw the world with trips to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Tahiti, Cuba, Eastern Europe, and Nicaragua, and cruises in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.
Viewing will be held at 1:00 pm, February 16 at Bothell United Methodist Church followed by a service at 2:00 pm. Flowers can be sent to Purdy & Walters Floral Hills.
A memorial video can be viewed at:https://youtu.be/O5q4HWfeRPc
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