Dan Johnson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Services honoring the life of Dan Ray Johnson will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020 at First Assembly of God Pawhuska. Burial will follow at Pawhuska Cemetery. Viewing will be at the funeral home on Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with family there to receive visitors from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dan Ray Johnson was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma on July 20, 1942 to Ray E. and Gladys Baily Johnson. He was quickly nicknamed “Boonie” by his father, due to him weighing 12 lbs at birth. He grew up in Pawhuska and developed his talent for singing. At the age of 12, he gave his heart to the Lord and loved to sing gospel music in church. Later in life, it was his thrill to sing in a Southern Gospel Quartet. At the age of 12, Dan got his first job as a newspaper carrier for the Pawhuska Journal Capital. He and his cousin, Bill Hahm, used to ride their bicycles all over Pawhuska and they liked to fish off the low water bridge. Dan graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1961 and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend Tulsa Drafting and Design College for 2 years. Upon graduation, he moved to Hutchinson, Kansas and worked for Cessna Aircraft designing hydraulic systems. In 1965, he married Sharon Forrester of Tulsa, Oklahoma and they continued to live in Kansas. In 1969, they moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was employed by Unit Rig and Equipment. In 1970, his only child, a son named Danny was born. He spent the next 16 years working at Unit Rig designing hydraulic systems on giant earth moving equipment for the mining industry. He was later employed by Helmerich and Payne designing oil rig equipment until his retirement in 2009. Dan spent his spare time working and caring for his honeybees. He enjoyed fishing and making memories with his grandchildren. Dan is survived by, Wife, Sharon Johnson, of the home Son, Danny Johnson and wife Kara, Sapulpa, OK Grandchildren, Cale, Cody, Cadence, and Carly, Sapulpa, OK Mother-in-Law, Ethel Forrester, Tulsa, OK Sisters, Doris Dunbar and husband Bill, Tulsa OK Darlene Herrin, Bartlesville, OK Sisters-in-Law, Sue Johnson, Ponca City, OK Mabel Forrester, Tulsa, OK Nephews, Chris Johnson, Ponca City, OK Jerry Corbin, Tulsa, OK Cary Herrin, Lexington, OK David Leland, Chickasaw, OK Nieces, Rhonna McDonald and husband Rodney, Prue, OK Rhonda Shepherd and husband Dr. Larry Shepherd, Tulsa, OK Numerous Great nieces and nephews Dan was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Gladys Johnson, brother, Darold Johnson, nephew, Dale Wayne Johnson, brothers-in-law, Robert Herrin and Ronnie Forrester, and father-in-law, Othel Forrester.

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Dan Johnson

July 20, 1942 - January 20, 2020