Robert B. Johnson, 83, of Village Mills died May 3, 2005 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital. He was born on April 2, 1922 in Spokane, Washington to Orville and Gladys Bolks Johnson and is a former resident of Wildwood. Robert was a veteran of the United States Army Rangers, was involved in the Normandy Invasion and North Africa during World War II and received five purple hearts while he was in the service. Before his retirement he worked as a civil engineer and worked overseas in Venezula, Papua, New Guinea and Somalia. Robert enjoyed golf, helping with Wildwood Sports Day, and working with kids in boy scouts and swim team. He started a swim team while living in Venezuela for three years and in appreciation he had a swim meet named after him there.
A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2005 at Wildwood- Village Mills United Methodist Church in Wildwood. Cremation arrangements are held under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.
Robert is survived by his wife, Frances M. Johnson of Wildwood; daughter, Marti Hanson and her husband Greg of Houston; son, Mark William Johnson and his wife Rhonda Clarke of Phuket, Thailand; brother, George A. Johnson of Bellevue, WA; sister, Shirley Brewer of Bellevue, WA; grandchildren, Rob Blumanthal and his wife Laurie of Austin, Hillary Blumanthal of Denton; great grandchild, Ripley Blumanthal. Preceded in death by his son, Bruce Richard Johnson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wildwood Sports Day c/o Wildwood AARP attention Jim Horn, P.O. Box 888, Village, Mills, Texas 77663.
