Federick William Johnson Jr., 68, of Boring, a former longtime Baker City resident, died June 29, 2003.
His graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland with U.S. Army honors.
Mr. Johnson was born on June 11, 1935, at Tillamook to Frederick Sr. and Myrtle Johnson. He was raised and educated in the Gresham/Boring area, attending Orient Grade School and Gresham High School. He then attended Oregon State University at Corvallis.
He served in the U.S. Army from January of 1955 to December of 1956. He then lived in the Portland Metro area until the late 1960s.
At that time he moved to Baker City where he worked for Redi-Mix in the construction industry. He was a longtime member of the Baker Elks Lodge. He moved back to the family home at Boring in the fall of 2001.
Survivors include his mother, Myrtle Johnson of Boring; a son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Suzann Johnson of Springfield; daughter and son-in-law, Lisbeth and Dan Parr of Sacramento, Calif.; sisters, Betty Norris and Mary Sause, both of Boring and Phyllis Claflin of Beavercreek; and three grandchildren.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Bateman Carroll Funeral Chapel of Gresham.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, July 4, 2003
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor