Richard Frederick Johnson Obituary (1957 - 2013)

Tim Juckette '75 said:

Richard Fredrick Johnson was born August 14th, 1957 in Duluth, Minnesota. He passed away in February 2013 while in the Posada Del Sol County Nursing Home (Foothills Rehabilitation Center), 2250 North Craycroft Road room 407b, Tucson, AZ, United States 85712. Preceded in death by his mother (8/2010) and father (7/2004). No other family listed.

Rich was a member of the 1975 graduating class of Palo Verde High School and was proud to have been a Titan! One of my last communications with him, he expressed that he was looking forward to coming to our reunion in 2015. I met him playing handball our freshman year. He lived in New Zealand from '63 to '70, where soccer and rugby were mandatory curriculum. He gained an everlasting passion for anything to do with New Zealand. He joined the Air Force in 1975. When he got out of the Air Force he attended Pima Community College and Casper College (WY) where he obtained a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree in 1984. A highlight of his life was a motorcycle trip on his '82 HD Tourglide where he went from Arizona to Florida, up the East coast, through the lower provinces of Canada then down Hwy 101 to San Diego and East on Interstate 8 to Interstate 10 and back to Tucson. He eventually had a motorcycle accident which damaged his left leg. It was amputated in 2009 and then he had to have his right leg removed in 2011 due to diabetic complications. He always introduced himself as Richard "the teeth less, no legs, Mardi Gras, Silverback, Sumo Wrestler," F. Johnson.

According to his Facebook page he described himself as holding to Christian (Lutheran) views and was a "staunch Republican - voting Republican ever since he was eligible to vote".
FAVORITE QUOTES
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" President John F. Kennedy (assassinated 11/1963)

According to the nursing home, Rich was cremated and no obituary was written. Please consider this as his obituary. Farewell my friend!
(***information gathered from his Facebook page***)

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