August 13, 2016
August 13, 2016
We are so sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers. May you feel God's comfort and peace. Kevin & Jana Hart
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Jim Johnson. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, brother, mentor, and friend. He has touched our lives and we will remember him forever.
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August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
What a blessing to share ministry with Jim and Shirley at Peace United Methodist Church in Orlando! He asked the good and hard questions, and served God faithfully. Shirley, know that you are in our prayers, and we look forward to your return to your winter home.
August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
We want to express our sincerely condolences to you and your family.
May his soul rest in peace, I firmly believe that God will accept him with open arms for all the good he has done while he was on this earth.
May his soul rest in peace, I firmly believe that God will accept him with open arms for all the good he has done while he was on this earth.
August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
I remember Jim from living in Searsport and attending church with my parents, Ed& Jackie Cross. Shirley and Jim became friends with my folks and when they made the decision to move to Lewiston / Auburn area, I lived with the family in the parsonage for 3 months to finish out my freshman year. It was an adventure living with two young boys!!!!
Am so sorry for the family's loss
Am so sorry for the family's loss
August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
The Stack family was sorry to hear of Him's passing. Please accept our deepest condolences.
August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
Message from Gail Kahl August 10, 2016 7:28 PM
My family and I extend our deepest condolences to Shirley and her family. May God comfort you in this time of sorrow and know that Jim will always be with you.
My family and I extend our deepest condolences to Shirley and her family. May God comfort you in this time of sorrow and know that Jim will always be with you.
August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
A candle was lit by Erica Stackfleth Shankle on August 6, 2016 4:21 PM
August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
Message from Lillian August 8, 2016 10:31 AM
I am so very, very sorry for you, Shirley, and the whole family. We had such a good time when you were in Waldoboro--especially "Jimmy" and "Andy". "Andy" is now Andrew and probably "Jimmy" is Jim. As you probably know Ronnie died in January, so I know what you are going through. May God's blessings be with all of you.
Love, Lillian Dolloff
I am so very, very sorry for you, Shirley, and the whole family. We had such a good time when you were in Waldoboro--especially "Jimmy" and "Andy". "Andy" is now Andrew and probably "Jimmy" is Jim. As you probably know Ronnie died in January, so I know what you are going through. May God's blessings be with all of you.
Love, Lillian Dolloff
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
Shirley words cannot express how sorry we are to hear about Jim. You both have found a place in our hearts, we feel blessed to have known you both. Van enjoyed his conversations with Jim, as well as myself. God Bless you and your family at this time. Love, Van and Teresa
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
My thoughts and prayers are with Shirley and the entire Johnson Clan. I have only the fondest memories of Rev. Jim. May he rest peacefully. May the family find comfort
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
I keep finding it very hard to find the simplest most eloquent way to express my sympathies. Rev Jim and Shirley had a profound effect on my life. His genuine concern, love and compassion for me and my family, continues to act as a daily reminder of how great friendships are often the extended family God has chosen to us. Thnak you Rev Jim.
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
I felt like Jim was my grandfather, too. He was always so warm, welcoming, and interested. What a good man, husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Shirley, Jimmy, Mark, Karen, Jarrid, Eric, Jessica - you're all in my thoughts. Lots of love to a wonderful family.
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
Dear Shirley, My memories of you and Jim are many years old however as best friends do, Martha and I have kept each other up to date on all of our loved ones. My hope for you is that you find comfort from your loss in the love of your wonderful family, friends and faith. ❤️ Fondly, Linda Krebs Brown
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
From the moment I first called you "papa", I can't remember a time in my life that you weren't there beside me. I will miss your encouragement, support, guidance, wisdom, and perspective on life. Although it hurts that you are no longer here with us, I know you are out there looking over me. Your words and love are now a part of me. You will always be in my heart. I love you Grandpa.
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
I remember Reverend Johnson as a calm and encouraging influence for myself and the other players of the Tappan Zee football team in 1983. Seeing the good reverend on game day somehow always made me feel better. He was indeed the "calm before the storm". Years later, he selflessly helped me with a personal issue while I was enlisted in the US Army at Fort Bennington, Georgia. I was always grateful to him for that guidance. His assistance indeed changed the course of tmy life forever and for that I am forever grateful. To James and Karen and to the rest of the Johnson family I am very sorry for your loss. Your father was a great and honorable man and for that you can always be proud. May he rest eternally in God's grace.
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
Shirley, my heart aches for you. I did not know Jim except through you and I know from our conversations that he was a great and kind man. You and your family are in my prayers. May god bless and comfort you. Love, Lana
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
I first met Reverend Jim 21 years ago when Mitchell and I saw him for pre-wedding counseling and he inquired about my faith. I confessed I wasn't sure about my faith and he grinned that big comforting grin of his and extended his hand and said "why don't we work on that together, ok?"...and we did through the years. When Maddie was very ill he sat with me at the hospital (many visits) helping me navigate my thoughts and hold onto faith. He listened to Mitch and my concerns about jobs, money...always nodding, listening, encouraging us to have faith, be patient, tolerant, supportive to eachother. He preached Sunday's about life and faith and love, using humor to keep us engaged so we could learn. Recently when he stopped by our home on his way up north I was given an opportunity to tell him how he changed my life and in doing so changed my children's lives and my relationship with Mitchell too. As I spoke of gratitude, he gently smiled and told us it was an honor to be able to help. Lord, your servant Jim was Grace personified.i will miss knowing he walks among us, but his spirit is forever a part of our lives. Our deepest condolences to Shirley and the Johnson family, we feel your loss deeply. With love and gratitude, Mary, Mitchell, Calvin and Madison❤️
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
Uncle Jim was always out to bring out the best in everyone. He challenged me to strive to be a better person. He never gave up on a trouble making teenager. He was so knowledgeable about so much. He loved his family more than anything in the world. I love you and will miss until we meet again.
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Happy Birthday!
December 13, 2023
December 13, 2023
Well today is your birthday. I only wish that you were here to celebrate. You would have been 79 today. How I miss you. (We probably would have gone out for dinner then had cake with the family.) There is so much happening that we could have shared.
I came to Mark's the weekend before Thanksgiving to celebrate Thanksgiving with him as we had done for years. This year Jarrid and his wife, Angel, came to Mark's too. We had a very good time.
Now Christmas is coming and you know there is a lot going on with that. But, a lot has changed too. Except for Jess and Jake, we are all going to Jarrid and Angel's for Christmas. You know how I feel about Christmas. Everyone is getting older and the grandchildren's lives are all over the place. I was thinking back to when Jimmy and Mark were younger and we would travel to Pa. for Christmas and New Year. I can remember the first Christmas we could not do that trip. I was a bit melancholy, but, we started our own traditions. As we got older we became a part of Jimmy and Karen's traditions. Well, even now there are changes coming. Such is life.
If you were here, you would see these changes as we got older together.
Happy Birthday. I love you always.
I came to Mark's the weekend before Thanksgiving to celebrate Thanksgiving with him as we had done for years. This year Jarrid and his wife, Angel, came to Mark's too. We had a very good time.
Now Christmas is coming and you know there is a lot going on with that. But, a lot has changed too. Except for Jess and Jake, we are all going to Jarrid and Angel's for Christmas. You know how I feel about Christmas. Everyone is getting older and the grandchildren's lives are all over the place. I was thinking back to when Jimmy and Mark were younger and we would travel to Pa. for Christmas and New Year. I can remember the first Christmas we could not do that trip. I was a bit melancholy, but, we started our own traditions. As we got older we became a part of Jimmy and Karen's traditions. Well, even now there are changes coming. Such is life.
If you were here, you would see these changes as we got older together.
Happy Birthday. I love you always.
September 1, 2023
September 1, 2023
Well, Jim when we were at the PennBay hospital and we found out what was to come, ONE of the things you said to me was, "I hoped to see what would become of our Grandchildren". Well they have become wonderful adults. There are two big events in their lives and our family. One was last October 6,2022, when Jessica got married. The other will happen tomorrow, September 2,2023, when Jarrid will marry.
I didn't write anything before Jessica's wedding as I didn't think to do it. So, I am going to write about it now. Jessica was a beautiful bride. I wish you could have seen her. You were aways so proud of her as was I and I still am very proud of her. Remember the summer she came to Maine with us for two weeks. Those weeks were so fantastic. She took sailing lessons and we had such great conversations with her. She married a very nice young man, Jake Johnston. Jake is also in the Army. They make a wonderful couple and compliment each other so well. Jimmy and Karen did an amazing job with planning the wedding. It was beautiful. They worked long and hard on it. I'm sure you would have been officiating if you had been with us, but, Eric took your place and he did you proud. He did a great job as you can imagine as Eric is always right on top of everything.
Tomorrow it is Jarrid's turn. If you were here you would be thinking of the times you carried him through the church cemetery for walks and laying on the couch with him sleeping on your stomach. Then, there were all the games you went to see him play. You loved when he would come up to the house and talk with you. Right now he is teaching diving and military tactics at West Point. You would have loved talking with him about these topics He is such a wonderful man. He is marrying a lovely woman, Angel DiPietro. She is a lawyer. They have SOME of the same sports interests. No one could match Jarrid when it comes to sports interests. Eric is the Best Man at the wedding. Again as you can imagine his responsibilities as Best Man were unmatched.
As always, I love you and will be thinking of you and how proud you would have been to see our grandchildren's lives developing.
I didn't write anything before Jessica's wedding as I didn't think to do it. So, I am going to write about it now. Jessica was a beautiful bride. I wish you could have seen her. You were aways so proud of her as was I and I still am very proud of her. Remember the summer she came to Maine with us for two weeks. Those weeks were so fantastic. She took sailing lessons and we had such great conversations with her. She married a very nice young man, Jake Johnston. Jake is also in the Army. They make a wonderful couple and compliment each other so well. Jimmy and Karen did an amazing job with planning the wedding. It was beautiful. They worked long and hard on it. I'm sure you would have been officiating if you had been with us, but, Eric took your place and he did you proud. He did a great job as you can imagine as Eric is always right on top of everything.
Tomorrow it is Jarrid's turn. If you were here you would be thinking of the times you carried him through the church cemetery for walks and laying on the couch with him sleeping on your stomach. Then, there were all the games you went to see him play. You loved when he would come up to the house and talk with you. Right now he is teaching diving and military tactics at West Point. You would have loved talking with him about these topics He is such a wonderful man. He is marrying a lovely woman, Angel DiPietro. She is a lawyer. They have SOME of the same sports interests. No one could match Jarrid when it comes to sports interests. Eric is the Best Man at the wedding. Again as you can imagine his responsibilities as Best Man were unmatched.
As always, I love you and will be thinking of you and how proud you would have been to see our grandchildren's lives developing.
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It is Christmas Day. You are truly missed but in our hearts always. Just your presences made us aware of what Christmas is all about. You did not like the commercialism of Christmas but you put up with it because of me. You would spend hours putting up the outside decorations because it was something I liked. However, when Christmas Day came, you enjoyed the family and participated in the fun. When the kids were little you enjoyed the toys too. We have a picture of you down on the floor with Jarrid when he was a little boy exploring his toys. And you always appreciated the gifts too.
I was reading in my daily readings this morning from one of Billy Graham's Daily Devotions. I read something that I really never thought about in this way. He referenced Luke 2:7. "She brought forth her firstborn Son and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." He then wrote "No room for Jesus (God). No room for the King of kings. No, but room for others and for things. There was no room for Jesus (God) in the world that He had made - imagine!" He then wrote,"........are we in danger of excluding from our hearts and lives the One who made us". He finishes with a verse from a hymn, "Oh, come to my heart, Lord Jesus, there is room in my heart for you." You reminded us of this every Christmas of what Christmas was about.
I know that I get caught up in the Christmas season of decorating and gift buying, but as I was watching our family last night on Christmas Eve, eating, talking, playing games, having fun and sometimes arguing that this is what this time should be about for us. This is what would make you happy too.
Our family is growing. You would enjoy what is happening. What started with us is now growing into the bigger part of us. I am so proud of our sons and families and I know you would be too.
I love you as much as ever on this day of Christmas!
I was reading in my daily readings this morning from one of Billy Graham's Daily Devotions. I read something that I really never thought about in this way. He referenced Luke 2:7. "She brought forth her firstborn Son and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." He then wrote "No room for Jesus (God). No room for the King of kings. No, but room for others and for things. There was no room for Jesus (God) in the world that He had made - imagine!" He then wrote,"........are we in danger of excluding from our hearts and lives the One who made us". He finishes with a verse from a hymn, "Oh, come to my heart, Lord Jesus, there is room in my heart for you." You reminded us of this every Christmas of what Christmas was about.
I know that I get caught up in the Christmas season of decorating and gift buying, but as I was watching our family last night on Christmas Eve, eating, talking, playing games, having fun and sometimes arguing that this is what this time should be about for us. This is what would make you happy too.
Our family is growing. You would enjoy what is happening. What started with us is now growing into the bigger part of us. I am so proud of our sons and families and I know you would be too.
I love you as much as ever on this day of Christmas!
Birthday Message December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021
Another birthday! It doesn't seem possible that this is the sixth birthday you have not been with us to celebrate. So much has happened this year. I have made some updates on our home in Maine. Of course updating always brings some problems which you would normally have taken care of. This was now up to me. Then there were some personal problems. You would have been there to support and take care of me. Unfortunately, but fortunately for me, I had to call on family for help. That is a very hard thing for me to do. Now it is time for me to make more changes. I hope you would agree with these changes because I have struggled and prayed for a long time about what to do. I never thought I would have to make a decision like this because I thought you would always be with me and we would make decisions together and live out our dreams and plans together. We never know what life will bring and what God's plan may be for us. Loosing you certainly threw me for a loop. There is a song that plays on the radio called "Scars in Heaven". It always makes me think of you. As the song reflects, if I had known what was going to happen, I would have done or said some things so differently. But there are no "would ofs or should ofs' now. I miss you so very much. You are always in my heart and on my mind.
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May 27th would have been our 57th Anniversary. As I was thinking about our anniversary a story came to mind that happened on our anniversary many years ago, when the boys were very young. One of Jim's hobbies was photography. I thought I would surprise him with a new developer. However, I was waiting for him to see if he would remember it was our anniversary before I gave him the gift. We had dinner and I started to clean up and was annoyed with him that he didn't offer to help. Therefore we got into a little tiff. I truthfully don't remember what was said, but I still didn't say anything about it being our anniversary. He made a comment basically that I was thinking of myself. So I went and got his gift and set it on the table and said something to the effect that this is how I was thinking of myself. There was complete silence. Jim did not say one word, but it was obvious that he was feeling very badly. He thanked me and kept apologizing. Truthfully, I was just happy that I could surprise him with something he really liked. Jim never forgot an anniversary again. In fact he never forgot any special days ever again. As I have gone back over some of the things he had written, I realize from his writing how he always tried to make certain he and I had time together......and he often planned something special on those occasions.