Dear Yuknevich family,

Our hearts go out to you all. Johnny was amazing, and we know you are already aware of that. I told Johnny a number of times that he was my hero. And I don’t think he ever knew how serious I was about that. The love, care, humility, and generosity he showed was simply amazing. I want to have just a small amount of those qualities he had in abundance. I was responsible for getting our Kingdom Hall outfitted with our AV system and I knew he was my first call for help. Johnny is the only reason we have what we have at the KH. The amount of time and energy he gave to our KH still humbles me whenever I think of it.
We had Johnny join us in the Outer Banks on vacation a number of times. My wife loved getting him to help her work on puzzles. She would beg him to help for just a few minutes and then hours would go by while they kept working together on it.
Whenever he came over to our house he never came empty handed, even when we told him there was nothing needed. That really showed us his generosity and how well he was raised. 

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful son/man/brother/amazing friendwith us!!

We can’t wait to see him again in paradise!

Dear Yuknevich family,

I'm so grateful that I had the privilege to work with John in the Tours Dept at Warwick.   He may have been quiet but he was one of the hardest workers.  I can probably count on my hand how many times I actually saw him taking a break because he was always working.  I enjoyed my Friday challenge to make John smile or laugh- which wasn't too hard since he had a great sense of humor.  He wore that orange lanyard proud and we were all so proud to stand by him and work together with him or even just to be in the same room as him.  We got to see the Ramapo site with him for the first time in 2019.  Sharing that memory with John will always make Ramapo extra special to us.  We know we will see him again but in the meantime we cry with you and send you all our love.  May Jehovah comfort you, hold you, and be with you everyday until the reunion with him. "He will never be shaken.  The righteous one will be remembered FOREVER." (Psalm 112:6)

I wasn’t around Johnny much but when I was there was never any bad moods to be had. He was always having a good day and adding joy to others, even if it didn’t start that way. I will miss him but know he’ll be back soon. My love and prayers to the ones that had the privilege of being around him more often

We were also selected as delegates to the same Kenya convention as Johnny. We arrived a couple of days earlier and since we weren’t staying at same hotel, we made arrangements to be in contact with Johnny as soon as he landed. So we left a message for him that we would be out seeing some sights outside of Nairobi and honestly didn’t expect to see him since navigating a new country was a little intimidating. We had just sat down at an outside dining area in the middle of nowhere when we see Johnny walk up. And suddenly everything just wasn’t so hard anymore bc Johnny was there. He saved us and we will never forget our beautiful time with him in Africa!  Time cannot pass soon enough for us to all be together again. 

I will always remember Johnny's beautiful smile and as sweet and kind as he was you didn't want to play the game "cities and knights" with him he would have the beautiful big smile going as he destroyed you in the game!! 
 Johnny you will be sorely missed by all those who have know you for many years and those who knew you for a short period of time but left an indelible smile on our hearts Thank you for your beautiful gift of yourself!

Dear Yuchnevich Family,
We are heartbroken for your great loss. We so loved the pictures that were shared. I think it really captures our dear Johnny . His smile and love for his family and friends; especially his love for Jehovah and more importantly Jehovah's love for him. Hebrews 6:10 " For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name.." You are in our thoughts and prayers. Love, M&M Aronowitz