Donald Wilbur Johnson was born March 31st 1927 in Duluth Minnesota; he was the oldest of 5 children, (Don, Bill, Audrey, June and Ruth). Don Graduated from Minot High School in 1945 and joined the Navy during World War Two. Don married Lillian Smith on February 4th 1949. Don became an engineer at Boeing; he also started his own construction business and was involved in Real Estate. Don and Lillian had 6 children, Rhonda Probert, Sheila Antonia, Bruce Johnson, Debra Marchand, Randy Johnson (deceased) and David Johnson. Don and Lillian have 12 grandchildren (Jenny, Steven, Michelle, Michael, Jacqualyn, Lisa, Amanda, Katie, Matthew, Maria, Rachael, Kelsie) and 3 great grandchildren (Emalia, Elodie, Jordan).