Lemley Chapel
Serving Sedro-Woolley &
All of Skagit County Since 1935
1008 Third Street
Sedro-Woolley, WA
360-855-1288
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Wendell W. Johnson Memorial
Wendell W. Johnson Memorial

Wendell W. Johnson

Wendell W. Johnson

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Wendell W. ‘Jack’ Johnson, age 92, passed away on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 at his home in Pacific Beach, WA with his loving family by his side. He was born on November 12, 1915 in Plumtree, North Carolina to David and Ada Taylor Johnson.
Jack served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and in 1950 he moved to Washington. He worked at Baker and Ross Dams as a powder monkey until moving to Pacific Beach, WA in 1965. Jack cut shake bolts and then introduced shake blocks to Aloha Shake Co. Later, he cut and hauled blocks from the Quinault Indian Reservation working up to age 86.
Jack was married to Marjorie Gray on November 26, 1975 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
He was a life member of the American Legion Post #5 in Aberdeen for 45 years and he enjoyed fishing and playing bingo.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Johnson of the family home in Pacific Beach. His children; Evelyn S. Johnson and her husband Marvin of Sedro-Woolley, Vernon W. Johnson of Rockport, Phyllis Reynolds and her husband
Dan of Rockport, Ada Mae Woffinden of Pacific Beach, Charles Gray of Hungry Horse, MT, Kenneth Gray of Kelso, and a son-in-law, Eddie Aldridge of Rockport. 2 brothers; Lee Johnson of Clear Lake, WA and Frank Johnson of Copalis Crossing, WA. 3 sisters; Violet McGaughty of Edgewood, NM, and Maude Wilcox and Allie Carpenter both of Morganton, NC. A special nephew, Wayne ‘Jabo’ Johnson of Hoquiam, 29 grandchildren, 50 great- grandchildren, 18 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Larry ‘Pudge’ Johnson, a daughter Carolyn Aldridge, a son Ronald Waltmom, 4 brothers and 1 sister.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 2:00PM at the Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley. Interment with military honors will follow at the Sedro-Woolley Union Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the North Beach Ambulance Fund, PO Box 357, Pacific Beach, WA 98571.