Richard "Rick" Gordon Johnson, Jr.
April 21, 1957 - October 3, 2016
Obituary
Richard “Rick” Gordon Johnson, Jr.
Rick was born to Richard Sr. and Dorothy Johnson in Long Beach, CA on April 21, 1957 and moved to Seattle when he was 1 month old.
Rick passed peacefully in his sleep and into the arms of Jesus Christ his Savior on October 3, 2016.
Rick is survived by his loving mom and step-dad, Dorothy (Millsap) & Miles Clippinger; sisters – Sandi Li (Johnson) Rivers and Sheri Lyn (Johnson) Marter (Jim); loving son – Brandon Earl Johnson and his mother Amy Vogel Johnson; 4 nephews, 1 great nephew and 5 great nieces, and his loving girlfriend Shalene Simmons. Rick also leaves behind two very special family members, Alice (Wong) Totten (George) and Joanne (Johnson) Gallasch and a whole lot of family in Texas!!!
Rick attended Broadview Elementary in Seattle and Chinook Jr. High, and Tyee High School, both in SeaTac.
Rick was a welder and mechanic by trade and was working for AMPAC Packaging, formerly Mohawk Northern Plastics, in Auburn as their mechanic for the last 10 years.
Rick accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized at Bible Chapel on `R’ Street in Auburn, WA about 22 years ago.
Rick had many hobbies, including collecting Hot Wheels and “actual” old cars with plans of restoring them. Rick was usually in the middle of fixing one of them at any given time.
Rick was absolutely loved by each and every person who ever met him!! He was a man of integrity, love and compassion and would give you the shirt off his back, a place to stay and something good to eat – no questions asked!! He had a great sense of humor, loved a good joke, and was a great storyteller.
I will forever have you in my heart & on my mind
I just ran across this today:(
I had been looking every so often over the years for Rick online as I didn’t know how to contact him. We went to Chinook and Tyee together, and have fond memories of sitting in his room picking out rudiment guitar parts as we were both budding young guitar players back then. I remember Rick played a lot of Hendrix and Stones records back then, and had picked up a cool “54 Chevy station wagon that looked eerily like my old family car (I often wondered if it was the same car).
As mentioned by others, Rick was a gentle soul, and very good hearted.
Godspeed, my old friend~
Mike Srok
Rick we had 10 great years together good and bad but u were the true love of my life u taught me how to let myself love and u taught me not everyone is the same and that their r good guys out their u made me laugh when I was sad u let me vent when I needed to u were my bestfriend we told each other everything we had no secrets i miss u everyday and I love u with all my heart and I know ur watching over me at all times I blame myself at times for u leaving us thinking I could have done something different but I dont know what I took as good of care of u as I could I’m thankful that at least u got to die the way we use to say we wanted to and I know that u loved me just as much as I love u I miss u and wish u were still here with us but ur with god now and in good hands I will never stop loving u or missing u rest in peace rick ull always be in my heart and in my memories that we had live u forever
Miss u everyday Rick I will always love you and I will never forget u I’m sorry u had to go but ur in good hands now but u will never be forgotten here love u always