Richard Fred Johnson

Mr Richard Fred Johnson, 92, of Bermuda Run passed away Tuesday June 3rd, 2014 at The Bermuda Village Health Care Center. He was born January 30th, 1922 in Rockford, IL to Ralph Edwin and Mildred Berg Johnson. Mr Johnson joined the U S Marine Corps in 1941, where he met the future Mrs Johnson, Elizabeth Brown of Odessa, MO. Upon the completion of World War II, they were married and returned to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where he graduated in 1949 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mr Johnson was employed by Great Lakes Carbon Corporation where he remained for his entire career until his retirement in 1984 as President of the Graphite Products Division in Niagara Fall, NY. Surviving is his wife, Elizabeth Brown Johnson; two sons, Ralph Edward Johnson and Scott Francis Johnson; two daughters, Linda Johnson Moon and Susan Lee Johnson and nine grandchildren, Jill Gwyn, JoAnna Hester, Mary Claire Johnson, Laura Johnson, Madelyn Johnson, Kaitlyn Johnson, Jonathan Moon, Sarah Moon, and Samuel Moon. A memorial service is to be held at 11:00 am Thursday, June 5th, 2014 at the Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel with Chaplain Brenda McCalop presiding. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC) at http://www.giving.northwestern.edu/nu/CNADC (Additional CNADC Designations select Alzheimer's Research and Education Fund). Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-miller.com.

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