Kevin Everyone Dearly ❤️Misses You're Presence. It's Bcuz of your Innumerable Sacrifices and Relentless Hard work you did here, That We Hold the most Dear to our Hearts, and these Awesome kids & (7) grandkids that you Created with me. Your loving,most generous  man /father / grandpa will never ever Depart from our hearts. Love Donna

Kevin, it just doesn't seem possible that  it's been 3 years.
I hope you know how much you are loved and missed!
Keep  Grandpa, your Dad, my Dad and Uncle Butch in line up there!  I can just imagine  all of you up there together!!
Love you  Always Cuz!!
Theresa

I love you Dad, I have Achieved so much in life because of you. You always believed in all of us. You are my forever motivation to be and do better in life. I love you. and miss you every day.

-Marcus

Miss you with all my heart Cuz!  Love you always!

I love you Dad!....miss you soo damn much!....

Kev, 
It's been a year and  it still seems like yesterday!
I sure do miss you but  I'm comforted in the thought that you are up there with  Uncle Donnie, My Dad, Uncle Butch and Grandma and Grandpa  watching over all of us.  
Love you bunches Cuz!!!!  

I miss you so much Dad. Your absence is has never been stronger. I feel your words of advice and positivity but my heart still aches. I sometimes look at my hands and see yours...comforting me...doing what's right...working hard...fist-bumping the boys....living my daily life, we both have walked similar lives...I remember you telling me this...I'm proud and saddened to look and see your hands...I miss your handshake...the feeling of kindness in your eyes...the "it will be alright" feeling...I love you Dad...I miss you....your son........Marcus.....

Kevin. I Know You're watching Over Each and Every one of Us. This Is The strongest I've Felt I have Ever Had to be.( For Our Kids )  I'm Here But i miss Your kind way Of Joining all Of Us, Together. ( whether We Had Family Issues. Or not.The word "Buzy) played A Role. Gosh how i dislike That word. My Thoughts & Prayers Are With The Ones Still here on This Earth missing  You The Same. But You kevin picked me Years Ago..to be your lady. Im Honored Even though Your not present. I Wished id Gone and Not You. You were about To Retire. 😥 Valuable Things Mean nothing. But The Memories of Our Fun times Together as A Couple, and A Beautiful Family we made ❤ Together is All We have. That's Worth More. I miss Our texing Eachother About Our kids. Good or Bad We always connected. Right now im working on me. I Stay Away from Hurt or Negativity. I have my Own way of Handling that you knew me well. But Even in The Past Kevin when my immediate Family( mom, etc) abandoned me. You knew my inner heart. You let me lay my head somewhere.  I never Got to say" Forgive me" But i know You do". Thank You Again for believing in me. From Our Separation. Years back. You told me Stay positive" i know You're A good mom"Donna. Heart aches are Temporary Kevin. But Thank You Again. Xoxo. I just Gotta giggle at This tho. One Time We played Truth or Dare at home. And you picked Dare. You wore my bra ( tmi) and Ran around in a Circle. Omg!" You made me laugh" . I miss Your sense of Humor. God please  keep Us United. We will!" Don't worry. Thank U so much For chosing me. We Did last 14yrs(. My somewhat crazy self) Much love & Respect to those who i know and Love. Taking The Time To read this 

Miss you Dad.....a constant phrase I say every day.....but I see your presence in my daily life just about every day....

Hey Pops,

I love you and we still need you everyday, thanks for it all.

Just know you never failed at anything in our eyes, we look up to you so much.

I'm so very sorry you had to leave the way you did, I wish we had more time with you, but I know that's not how things work.

I miss hearing your voice! 

I still text your phone often praying that some how you are still on the other end receiving the daily morning quotes we shared with each other to sharpen up the start of our days no matter what was going on.

My brother, sister, and I will never forget what you've bestowed upon us and we are forever grateful. 

Johnson strong in our blood, we will continue to do what is necessary to carry on in this world just like you did.

Until we can be together again Pops

I LOVE YOU!!

"MiKE"  

Kevin. I Was Sleeping till 625am i Heard The Sound of A Garbage Truck. Rollin Up, That very moment hair all messy leftover makeup i put my sweats on to take out my trash Bin. I say" Kevin thanks for Reminding me." Miss texting you our Updates. On kids, family & just whats Up with Our Teams & Love gor Football. My kids are Still Hurting kev and me, i recall When we didnt have any at all. We'd take drives Up to Mnt. Lemon in Your Blue Chevy Hatchback. (Smiling) Rite now bcuz we'd play A Bonjovi C.D. over and over. Lol. "Living On A Prayer"  Drinking a beer or two.Well Thats. one of My Greatest Happiest Memory of Us. But Now Without You being Here im Trying So Hard To Live. We didnt know what was ahead. But the Song Repeats its Verse" It doesnt Make a diffrence if We make it Or Not, We got Eachother " And Thats Alot For Love. My god Kevin. Im a Mom by bearing your 3 kids But This is The Strongest I've Felt i have Ever had to Be while Hurting. Love Ya kevin wevin " Ugh this aint Easy. Tell My dad he knows im A Strong Woman" i know. And yes We miss You! ;(  Thanks for waking me Up. Much love kev💌

I love you so much Dad! We constantly find ourselves needing you and remembering your no longer here. I miss you so much. Rest in peace. You have done so much for us all. You have left your mark everywhere in some way with many people. Thank you Dad. I love you.

I miss you soo much Dad. Losing you has broken the dam of my emotions and pain. You absence will take its toll on my heart forever. I miss you advice and positive  words...Why? Why did you have to go?..please come back. Please tell me this is all a dream...

Kevin: I know You're Up there ,Looking Down on Us. Also As  Brave and Strong As The Love for This Tiger that you Had a Picture of In Your Room. When We First Dated. Im going to Put it In Short. Defined As : King Of The Jungle, Nocturnal,  Humble Toward The Group. Solitare: Liked Being Alone. Liked taking walks. But when alone To Build on the Next Strategy Yupp. My( Ex) Husband i knew too Well.💓He gave me this picture of his tiger not too long ago. Its 32yrs old. Like my oldest son. I Will cherish it along with Our Memories. Stay Strong! Brave and Yes You loved to Swim free in your Own territory. We were part of that My kids and I will Always Love your Humbleness, and Bravery for kevins Punch like a Tiger would kill. If you mess with Us! Lol love & Respect. To your Family which i love for also Accepting me. As Thier own. Johnson Family Rose& Denise and Steph he's Our King Now and Forever!Love ya All. 

It's been little over a month and  it feels like yesterday!  I know you're up there with your Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Butch and my Dad watching over all of us and it gives me comfort but  it still hurts  knowing you're not here  with us.  I miss you cousin!  Love you, Rest in Heaven!  


I still can’t believe you are gone . I find myself still looking for your facebook posts about the grandkids or the pics of the wonderful meals you  would  cook! I miss our texts just checking in on each other .  I know you are in a better place but it still hurts to not have you here . I miss you brother . 

his definition in life was to inspire and love all those around him and thats what greatness was to him.....and it doesn't just live and die with him today....it carries on... Its how you can inspire one person to then inspire another person  ...and thats what my father created....its something that will last forever . Thats our challenge as people, to  inspire and love eachother and my dad did just that.
He texted me a quote that he said he lived by and that's " rest at the end, not in the middle. Don't rest now keep on pushing,
there's alot of answers and questions that I don't have as your guy's father, but I'm just going to keep on pushing forward and I will ride it out with all you kids and grandkids and I will figure it out on the way and build from there. He was a Lion and we were his pride. He was proud of each and every one of us. 
Being with his family was my Father's greatest joy!!!!  Just hanging out meant the world to him. Espesially With all his kids and watching his grandkids.
He loved his hometown were he grew up in Geneseo Illinois. Talked about it all the time... Raised by 2 loving parents and 2 beautiful sisters were im sure they had plenty fun and of course got into plenty of mischief ...they were always together and loved eachother no matter what.
He had many family cousins and friends. He loved the outdoors and most of all he loved his sports , he played baseball,  football and wrestled.
He then came here to Arizona to start his own journey. 
He Found a job with The City Of Tucson as a Garbage truck driver! Took pride in his work there ...put in 25 hard working years!
" Cleaning up the hood" he called it.
He then found love with my mother and had 3 beautiful good looking children! dad always loved to bragg and take credit for our good looks. He would always say "Dam We Look Good ""ITS JUST THAT JOHNSON GENE baby!" 
He was always cracking jokes, he was easy to talk to, he was a good listener and provider....he was just always that kind of man.

Missing you Dad. So very much! I love you! 

So sorry to hear of Kevin's passing. We were classmates at Geneseo and hung out together when we went to Black Hawk College in Moline. Many concerts and listening to our 70's and 80's tunes. My prayers and thoughts go out to your family. 

Marty Anderson
Geneseo , IL   

There is no doubt in my mind that one of the most genuine and hardest working person I've ever met recedes in heaven with GOD. I will never forget that first time I met you and out of the blue you called me Diablo and right away you apologized because you didn't know where that name came from and surely it became our nickname. Diablo thank you for being a great friend and mentor you where always great about giving the proper advice and you where always so mindful and considerate towards people, you where a great listener and always genuinely happy for the achievements and success of people around you making this list of great qualities  and traits infinite.  I will always miss you my friend! I will miss the times we cracked opened a cold one and listen to George Strait and that good ole 80's jams and talk about yesteryear, and when that song plays in the radio ''I should of been a cowboy" (Toby Keith) I will look back when we sang the entire song in the car on our way to Mt Lemmon. The cowboy rides away into the sunset, we lost great friend, father, grandfather but heaven just welcomed a great angel. I know you are still going be looking after us and all I can say is thank you for being a part of our lives, with out a doubt we will meet again my friend.

Love you Diablo!


I don't even know where to start?..it's been 2 weeks and haven't seen a text from you..It's been so hard knowing that I won't ever get that. You always made sure you took the time out of your day too see if we were all doing ok . Having those texts about food, what you wanted me to cook you, or when you wanted to come over and get some BBQ going. I miss those times. I couldn't ask for a better father in-law 🙏  ❤  . I know little Marcus and Mara are going miss you so much! You were a wonderful grandpa to them and I thank you so much! I'm going miss the little outings we would try and do every year at apple Annie's pumpkin patch, but will keep it our tradition every year. We all are going miss you very much Kevin. We are going  continue to live your legacy and remember everything we did with you.  Love you xoxo 

Kevin, words cannot express how much you will be missed. I have so many great memories of you and they never fail to make me laugh! I will miss hearing you call me Kimmy or babe. Somehow you always knew when I was down and needed to hear that to make me feel better.  You are so many things to so many people  who will all miss you dearly. Try not to raise too much ruckus with Uncle Donnie and Dad! I love you Kevin....your cousin, Kim 

Kev, no words can express how I feel today.  I am honored to be your sister.  We had so many good times as kids and adults.  I treasure those memories.  You have raised three wonderful children and they are who they are today because of you.  I know you are so proud of them.  Kevin, I will love and miss you always.  Say hi to dad for us, ok. 
I would like to leave you at peace with these words from a Vince Gill song.
“Go rest high on the mountain, son your work on earth is done.  Go to heaven a shoutin love for the Father and the Son.” 

Love you brother,  Denise 

Kev,  no words can express how I feel today .  I am  honored to be your sister.  We had so many good times as kids and adults . I so treasure those memories . You have raised 3 wonderful children and because of you they are who they all are today .  I love you Kev and miss you . 
With these words from Vince Gills song ;  “Go rest high on that mountain , son your work on earth is done . Go to heaven a shoutin love for the Father and the Son.”

Kevin, you were my Uncle. But the word Uncle almost doesn't do justice to how highly I thought of you. I often felt you were an older Brother to me as I got older; that's how much you meant to me. I always felt like I could talk to you about anything and you were always there to lend an ear. I'm so sorry to see you leave like this my Uncle...my Brother. I love you so much and miss you already. 

Funnest cousin.  Love to joke.  Fond childhood memories and know he greatly loved all of his family.  You could easily tell he was proud of his children and grandchildren. I know he is right now joking with Uncle Donnie and my dad as well as the rest of our family and giving them hugs.  Till we meet again cousin look out over all of us. 🙏

Dad,
How to gather the words about a man my Father who has given me everything I need in this life to be what it is called to be a "Man"? The only word is "Thank you"... Thank you Dad for my existence. Thank you for showing me love and patience. You taught me to be proud and independent. You taught me to work hard and honest no matter what. You exemplified the definition of a Father. I miss you so much and my heart breaks to see you go. I am PROUD to be your Son. I remember and will never forget the first time I seen you cry? it was only for a few seconds. and it wasn't a sad moment! It was 4th of July very shortly after you and Mom divorced. my Brother and Sister decided to stay with Mom during the Holiday with our cousins. I decided I wanted to stay with you, even if I wasn't with my siblings and cousins. You asked me "are you sure you want to hang with Dad?" I proudly said "of course, i love being with you Dad". This is the first time i seen you cry. You smiled and said "okay son! I love you too." we had a blast at the park that night and drank Coca-Cola and listened to music and watched the fireworks. I have never forgot how proud you were and happy you were to be a Father! you showed me no matter how bad things may seem that as long as you have love and Family you can get through anything! Thank you Dad! for everything you have taught me. Thank you for the countless memories and unconditional love you showed us all. You were a Legend with unique Dad-Jokes and hilarious stories. you were a General and "One of the Boys". "The Sandman Slayer" and Captain of cargo shorts (haha). I have no idea how I'm going to continue without such a positive, loving person in this crazy world? I Love you Dad. Rest easy. You did a wonderful job! I couldn't ask for a better Father. I love you with every part of my heart. "Johnson-Strong"! Goodbye for now! 

With Love and Respect,
Your Son, your Buddy,
-Marcus


I Had The pleasure Of meeting You. Being Your Friend And Wife.You Were Such A Hardworking Man. A Great Provider.  I Will Truly  Miss Your Presence,  Along With Your jokes. Each Time You Made Me laugh. I said " That's Kevin.. You Blessed Me With 3 Awesome kids. I Thank God above to Have met Such A kind, Generous, Loving Man. To Everyone He Met. Just Know That kevin Loved Each and Everyone of You. For "Love" is Greater Than Death. May his Love For Us Continue To Flourish Thru Our Memories. Of Him. Amen


Kevin...I truly treasure all of our childhood and adult memories. Even though you were my cousin, I looked at you like the big brother I never had. I will miss your laugh and how easy it was to talk to you about anything.  To all of my family.....all of our love and prayers are with all of you.....Your AZ family: Kristy, Kim and Aunt Jeannie.

Kevin, 

Was a Great Grandfather, Always spent time with  them,  took them out to special gatherings  all together !

I admire  his his support for all his grandkids and his Kids  !

His Kids and grandkids always came first !

I never got to know Kevin personally but I want to say I am thankful to have you guys in this life, he created wonderful offspring. I love you guys and I can't imagine how hard this is but I am sending prayers and love for strength to cope and push forward ❤ 

My  love and prayers are with the whole family! 
It may have been a few years since I saw my cousin but whenever we did get together it was like no time had passed! We had so much fun together when the Johnson ‘s and the Vermeulen’s were kids! Until we meet again cousin, I love you! RIH 

OBITUARY

Kevin Donald Johnson

December 3, 1964 – January 3, 2021

Funeraria del Angel University

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