Gary M. JOHNSON

JOHNSON, LORRAINE, OLSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/12/2013 at 12:23:12

August 17, 1937 --- August 31, 2013

ALTON BAY, NH --- Gary M. Johnson, 76, of Alton Bay, formerly of Peabody, Mass., died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Rosewood Nursing & Rehab Center in Peabody, Mass. He was born Aug. 17, 1937, in Clarion, Iowa, the son of the late Norman and Marjorie (Lorraine) Johnson. He was raised and educated in Clarion, Iowa. After graduation he joined the Navy, serving during the Korean conflict aboard the destroyer escort, USS Naifeh. He earned the Good Conduct and China Service Medal He worked for the Silver Sands Proving Ground in Alamogordo, N.M., after serving his duty. He moved to Wakefield, Mass., with the pending birth of his son, Gary T. Johnson, and worked for Avco Systems in Wilmington, Mass. He also was employed for many years at the George T. Johnson Company of Burlington, Mass. He also was the former owner of the Glass People in North Reading, Mass., where he was active in the North Reading Rotary Organization and a member of the Good Samaritan Masonic Lodge of Reading, Mass.

He loved their cottage at Alton Bay and retired there, where he enjoyed entertaining his many friends. He enjoyed football, boating and especially golf, and was an avid reader. He was a member of the Perry Hollow Golf Club and played as often as possible.

Family members include his wife of 34 years, Susan C. Johnson of Peabody, Mass., and Alton Bay; his son, Gary T. Johnson of Effingham; his sister, Gloria Olson and her husband Dennis of Barnum, Minn.; his twin brothers, Brian Johnson of Duluth, Minn., and Bruce Johnson of Oklahoma.

services: A celebration of his life will be held at Stockbridge Funeral Home, 141 Epping Road, Exeter, Saturday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited and may visit with the family Saturday at 1 p.m. until the hour of the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rosewood Nursing & Rehab Center, 22 Johnson St., Peabody, MA 01960, or the American Cancer Society , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma, OK 73123-1718. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery, Newton.

Union Leader -- Manchester, New Hampshire
September 10, 2013