ALVIN GEORGE JOHNSON WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM. HE WAS THE MIDDLE CHILD TO ERNEST AND ALICE JOHNSON. DAD ATTENDED THE HAGGSTROM SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE 8. HE LOVED FARMING ALONG WITH GRANDPA JOHNSON AND UNCLE SONNY UNTIL HE SOLD HIS LAND IN 1998. AS WELL DAD WAS KNOWN AS THE CO-OP MAN. HE STARTED HIS CAREER WORKING FOR GRANDPA JOHNSON AT THE NORTH STAR OIL UNTIL HE MOVED OVER TO THE CO-OP IN 1960 AND WORKED UNTIL IS RETIREMENT IN 1990. WE RECEIVED OUR WORK ETHIC FROM OUR PARENTS AS THEY WERE VERY HARD WORKERS. DAD AND MOM WERE MARRIED IN 1961. THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN MAUREEN BORN IN 1963, DARYL IN 1967 AND SANDRA IN 1969. WE HAD MANY YEARS OF FUN AND FAMILY TIME. WE SPENT MANY SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN FLIN FLON AT UNCLE WILMER AND AUNTIE YVONNE’S. DAD ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING WITH HIS BUDDIES. WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN MOM WAS AT WORK WE WOULD GO WITH DAD TO THE CO-OP IN THE EVENINGS SO HE COULD WORK ON HIS BOOKS, WHILE THERE ALL 3 OF US WOULD FILL THE CHIP RACK, THE POP MACHINE AND SWEEP THE FLOORS, IN RETURN WE WOULD GET A BAG OF CHIPS AND A POP. IN LATER YEARS DAD SUFFERED FROM BIPOLAR WHICH WAS VERY HARD ON US ALL BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH WITH GOD’S STRENGTH. HE OFTEN SAID HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE RETIRED OR SOLD THE FARM. HE LOVED TO TINKER AT THE FARM AND ENJOYED BUYING VEHICLES ESPECIALLY HIS 1972 VOLKSWAGON VAN AND HIS 1950 JOHN DEERE D TRACTOR. DAD WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OF HIS BACK TO HELP ANYONE IN NEED. HE WOULD LEND MONEY TO ANYONE WHO NEEDED IT NO QUESTIONS ASKED. MANY TIMES HE WOULD EVEN GO TO THE CO-OP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IF SOMEONE NEEDED GAS. DAD SPENT THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE AT THE KINISTINO JUBILEE LODGE WHERE HE REALLY GOT SPOILED, HE NEVER MISSED OUTINGS LIKE SHOPPING, BOWLING OR JUST A FUN DAY OUT. HE WILL BE MISSED GREATLY BY EVERYONE THERE ESPECIALLY HIS BUDDY LAWRENCE. A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT THE JUBILEE LODGE FOR THE WONDERFUL LOVE AND CARE YOU GAVE OUR DAD. ALVIN IS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS ERNEST AND ALICE JOHNSON HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 57 YEARS ELDEEN JOHNSON. DAUGHTER MAUREEN (MONTY) HERON, KIRK (VIRGINIA) HERON, NORA, ROSE, HENRY. MAX HERON. JADE HERON (MATT BUTTON). SON DARYL (BEV) JOHNSON, BLAKE (TENILLE) JOHNSON, DODGE, KADENCE, BRAXTON. CHRISTINA (SHELDON) ARGENT. GREGORY JOHNSON (TAYLOR) DAUGHTER SANDRA (LLOYD) KOHLE, AMANDA (PAT) DENIS, PARKER, GABRIELLE. JEFF (STEPHANIE) KOHLE, CARSON. SHAWN (JESSICA) KOHLE, EMILY, KADEN BROTHER CLIFFORD (EDITH) JOHNSON. SISTER VIVIAN (LLOYD) FLODELL. IN-LAWS JOAN, RON, LORNE, LES, TERRY, THEIR SPOUSES AS WELL AS MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEMORY OF ALVIN MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE KINISTINO JUBILEE LODGE AUXILIARY