- Date Of Birth: July 27, 1928
- Date Of Death: January 11, 2019
- State: Idaho
Dorothy Jean Johnson, 90, passed away at Teton Acute Care on January 11, 2019. She had been in nursing care for the past year, previously in Lincoln Court Retirement.
Dorothy was born in Hibbing, MN July 27, 1928 to Joseph and Luba (Vivian) Turkovich, both immigrants from Yugolavia.
Shortly out of high school, she worked as a stenographer at Harley Davidson Motorcycles and later at Miller High Life Brewing Company – possibly where she developed a lot of her attitude. She was a whole lot of fun, but she wasn’t afraid to stamp her foot at you. It seemed to work. She always got her way.
She married Benjamin Johnson in 1948 in Milwaukee, WI, and they had two sons. For 12 years they moved first to Albuquerque. NM; then Grand Junction, CO; then Rockville, MD; and finally to Idaho Falls in 1960 where he worked for DOE and she has lived since. In her 40s she was an accomplished amateur painter and liked to travel and snowmobile.
She played bridge most of her life, and in the past 25 years it became her favorite pastime. She was a member of the Idaho Falls Bridge Studio and played as often as she could.
