Michael "Mike" Lee Johnson's Obituary
MICHAEL LEE JOHNSON PUYALLUP, WA
BORN 10-30-51 DIED 9-23-20 LONG-TERM CARDIAC DISEASE. MAINLY FROM LIFETIME SMOKING.
BORN RIVERSIDE, CA TO DALE WADE AND LAURA JOHNSON- HONVLEZ. LIVED NUMEROUS PLACES UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST. GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL 1970. NO COLLEGE DEGREES KNOWN.
DIED: FINAL VISIT AT UNIVERSITY OF WA MED. CENTER. 5 FLOOR (NICKNAMED HIS FAVORITE HOTEL).
SERVED: U. S. MARINES 1971-1973. OKINAWA. JAPAN. ; U. S. ARMY 1974-1981. MULTIPLE PLACES. DISCHARGED HONORABLY BOTH BRANCHES. RANK OF SERGEANT E-5. SERVED MARINES IN OKINAWA, JAPAN: VARIOUS DUTIES. SERVED IN US ARMY IN GERMANY AS DRIVER FOR MILITARY GENERALS.
SURVIVED BY TWO LIVING SONS. MICHAEL R.L. JOHNSON. 48 AND BRIAN J. HERRINGTON. 46. ONE DECEASED SON NAMED JEREMY CAMPBELL. (PASSED AWAY IN 2019). ALSO CLOSE FRIEND AND CAREGIVER. ANTHONY MIRANDA. MARRIED AND DIVORCED FOUR TIMES IN LIFE.. OTHER TIMES NOT KNOWN.
WORKED AS MECHANIC, TRUCK-DRIVER, AND OVERALL FIXIT GUY HIS ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. RETIRED FROM TRUCK-DRIVING IN EARLY 2000’S AFTER ONE LAST RUN TRYING TO INTRODUCE HIS SON BRIAN INTO THE TRUCK-DRIVING WORLD.
LIFETIME SMOKER, NOT KNOWN TO BE A HEAVY-DRINKER. LOVED THE LADIES THOUGH.
FUNERAL DATES AND SERVICES TIMES ARE STILL BEING DETERMINED. CONTACT BRIAN HERRINGTON @ [email protected] FOR INFORMATION.
FOR GOFUNDME DONATIONS GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE MICHAEL L. JOHNSON.
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