Julie Marie Johnson
January 6, 2010
By Administrator
Julie Marie Johnson of South Cle Elum died Dec. 12, 2009. She was 76 years old. She was born April 5, 1933, in Kayee, Wyo., to Daniel and Helen Brown.
Julie was raised in Wyoming, before moving to Preston in 1942. After World War II, her family briefly moved to California. They returned to Washington and built a small home near Issaquah. Julie graduated from Issaquah High School in 1951.
She married Richard Glein in 1950 in Seattle. They had two daughters, Val and Kim. In 1960, they divorced. In 1962, Julie married Gordon Johnson of North Bend and moved to his home in Snoqualmie Valley.
For most of her adult life, Julie worked as a secretary. Most of her working years were spent with Puget Sound Energy, first in Snoqualmie and later in Thorp. She retired at the Cle Elum office in 1994.
Julie loved spending time at her daughter’s house, Rickey Creek Orchard, in Kettle Falls. She also enjoyed word and jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with friends and family. She was always willing to lend someone a helping hand.
Julie wanted to be remembered as someone who loved a good laugh. Her family and friends will remember her as a very kind, thoughtful, fair and good-natured woman who was accepting of everyone she met.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her stepson, Dennis Johnson.
She is survived by her husband, Gordon Johnson of South Cle Elum; her sisters, Louise Turk of Kaycee, Wyo., Ruth Lane of Selma, Calif.; her daughters, Valerie Corvino of Kettle Falls, Kimberly Dunn of Cle Elum; her sons-in-law, Jim Corvino and Frank Shovlain; her stepchildren, Roger Johnson, Donna Med Medrano and Debby Orr; six grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Sue Johnson; six great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
In memory of Julie please join us for a potluck celebration of life at 1 p.m. on Dec. 30 at the Cle Elum Eagles Club, 220 Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum.
Donations in her memory can be made to Hospice Friends of Ellensburg.
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