Lloyd Johnson Obituary

Lt. Col. Lloyd F. Johnson, USAF Retired. Lloyd Francis Johnson, Sr., was born in Greenwood Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, on September 27, 1925, the eighth and youngest child of Lloyd Bruce Johnson and Mary Jane Kenney. After graduating in 1943 from the Milton Hershey School, Hershey, Pennsylvania, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps to pursue his dream of flying. He became a fighter pilot. His 32 years in the U.S. Air Force included tours in Korea and Vietnam, a year of Navy exchange duty flying missions off the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Saratoga, three years at NATO Allied Headquarters in Naples, Italy, and participation in the development of air-to-air fueling procedures. He was particularly fond and proud of his many missions in the P-51 Mustang. Upon retiring from the USAF, he embarked on a second career of 20 years working in real estate for Walker & Company Realtors. He had resided since 1975 in the Black Forest, Colorado. He was a member of the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association, the National Order of Daedalians, and the Military Officers Association of America. He enjoyed conversation with everyone he met. He passed peacefully at Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, on February 23, 2007, after months of declining health following surgery. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Ella; his children, Amy Jablonovsky of Ft. Collins, Colorado; Claire Fitzgerald of Shawnee, Kansas; Lloyd Johnson, Jr., of Cedar Park, Texas; and Carolyn Busacca of Poughkeepsie, New York; and three grandchildren, Matthew, Caitlin, and Sean. Military funeral services will be Saturday, March 3, 2007, at 2:00 PM, the Shrine of Remembrance, 1730 E. Fountain Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80910; viewing from 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Interment will be Monday, March 5, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Fort Logan Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.