Robert Johnson

Johnson, Robert J. "Bob" OREGON Robert James "Bob" Johnson, age 78, of Oregon, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on Feb. 1, 1930, in Madison, the son of John L. and Mildred M. (Sievert) Johnson. Bob was a Sea Scout and a graduate from Madison East High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 17 and was stationed in Germany and France where he met and married Marie Francoise Milard in 1959, in Fontainebleau, France. The couple resided in France for seven years where they started their family. After a year in Africa in 1968, Bob returned to the U.S. as an international trade officer for the Small Business Administration and joined the Wisconsin Air National Guard. The Johnson family has resided in Oregon since 1968. Bob loved to travel and talked easily to strangers. He crossed the Atlantic ocean seven times by ship and was a million mile flier crossing the country from Maine to California. He loved his family and his dog. Bob retired from the Wisconsin Air National Guard in 1984, after a long career in Intelligence. He was a member of the American Legion Paris Post No. 1 in 1973 and more recently the American Legion Post No. 59, in Stoughton. Bob is survived by his wife, Marie of Oregon; children, Anne Johnson of Verona, and Denis Johnson of Boston, Mass.; and two grandchildren, Andrew and Michelle White of Verona. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Marie Alice Johnson; parents; and sister, Patricia Larson. Memorial services will be held at GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 431 Soden Drive, Oregon, on Monday, June 16, 2008, at 11 a.m. with Father Tony Schumacher presiding. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of the donors choice.