- Date Of Birth: September 6, 1944
- Date Of Death: July 21, 2018
- State: Idaho
On Saturday, July 21, 2018, Vero Stephen (Steve) Johnson, age 73, peacefully passed away at his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was a devoted husband, loving father, doting grandfather, brother and friend. Steve had a great sense of humor evidenced by his joking nature. He was a man among men – hero to his entire family.
Steve was born September 6, 1944, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Vero Hans Johnson and Hazel Lucille Whitmill. Steve lost his dad at a young age in 1948; later his mother married Nesbert Burke who raised Steve as his own. Steve grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1962.
Steve joined the United States Marine Corp immediately following high school and served as a communications specialist in the Vietnam War where he was awarded a good conduct metal and became a rifle expert. He was honorably discharged in 1968.
