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Robert Gordon Johns
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 4:17 pm, Wed Mar 25, 2015.
Robert Gordon Johns was born May 30, 1919 in Utica, New York as the second youngest of 6 children. In 1943, he married Audrey Coppins, with whom he would spend 66 years of marriage. Together they had one daughter, Linda. When Linda was very young they ventured to California via Los Alamos, New Mexico where they stopped and lived for a few years. In Livermore, he had a long career in cryogenics at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. He later started his own business, Johns Technology Inc. (JTL), which he operated with his wife. He was a brilliant self educated man who was successful at everything he attempted and had a lifetime of many accomplishments.
After retirement, Robert and Audrey enjoyed some traveling and eventually moved to Thousand Oaks, California, to be near their daughter and granddaughter, and now two great grandchildren.
Robert passed away on March 17, 2015, just two months shy of his 96th birthday. He is predeceased by his wife (2009), his parents and all his siblings. He will be buried next to his wife at Odd Fellows Memorial Cemetery in Livermore.
He will always be remembered for his wit, his intelligence and his kindness and generosity to his family and all who met him. The world has lost "one of the good guys."
Serving Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Sunol
Robert Gordon Johns
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 4:17 pm, Wed Mar 25, 2015.
Robert Gordon Johns was born May 30, 1919 in Utica, New York as the second youngest of 6 children. In 1943, he married Audrey Coppins, with whom he would spend 66 years of marriage. Together they had one daughter, Linda. When Linda was very young they ventured to California via Los Alamos, New Mexico where they stopped and lived for a few years. In Livermore, he had a long career in cryogenics at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. He later started his own business, Johns Technology Inc. (JTL), which he operated with his wife. He was a brilliant self educated man who was successful at everything he attempted and had a lifetime of many accomplishments.
After retirement, Robert and Audrey enjoyed some traveling and eventually moved to Thousand Oaks, California, to be near their daughter and granddaughter, and now two great grandchildren.
Robert passed away on March 17, 2015, just two months shy of his 96th birthday. He is predeceased by his wife (2009), his parents and all his siblings. He will be buried next to his wife at Odd Fellows Memorial Cemetery in Livermore.
He will always be remembered for his wit, his intelligence and his kindness and generosity to his family and all who met him. The world has lost "one of the good guys."
The Independent Newspaper
Serving Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Sunol
Robert Gordon Johns
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 4:17 pm, Wed Mar 25, 2015.
Robert Gordon Johns was born May 30, 1919 in Utica, New York as the second youngest of 6 children. In 1943, he married Audrey Coppins, with whom he would spend 66 years of marriage. Together they had one daughter, Linda. When Linda was very young they ventured to California via Los Alamos, New Mexico where they stopped and lived for a few years. In Livermore, he had a long career in cryogenics at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. He later started his own business, Johns Technology Inc. (JTL), which he operated with his wife. He was a brilliant self educated man who was successful at everything he attempted and had a lifetime of many accomplishments.
After retirement, Robert and Audrey enjoyed some traveling and eventually moved to Thousand Oaks, California, to be near their daughter and granddaughter, and now two great grandchildren.
Robert passed away on March 17, 2015, just two months shy of his 96th birthday. He is predeceased by his wife (2009), his parents and all his siblings. He will be buried next to his wife at Odd Fellows Memorial Cemetery in Livermore.
He will always be remembered for his wit, his intelligence and his kindness and generosity to his family and all who met him. The world has lost "one of the good guys."
Serving Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Sunol
Robert Gordon Johns
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 4:17 pm, Wed Mar 25, 2015.
Robert Gordon Johns was born May 30, 1919 in Utica, New York as the second youngest of 6 children. In 1943, he married Audrey Coppins, with whom he would spend 66 years of marriage. Together they had one daughter, Linda. When Linda was very young they ventured to California via Los Alamos, New Mexico where they stopped and lived for a few years. In Livermore, he had a long career in cryogenics at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. He later started his own business, Johns Technology Inc. (JTL), which he operated with his wife. He was a brilliant self educated man who was successful at everything he attempted and had a lifetime of many accomplishments.
After retirement, Robert and Audrey enjoyed some traveling and eventually moved to Thousand Oaks, California, to be near their daughter and granddaughter, and now two great grandchildren.
Robert passed away on March 17, 2015, just two months shy of his 96th birthday. He is predeceased by his wife (2009), his parents and all his siblings. He will be buried next to his wife at Odd Fellows Memorial Cemetery in Livermore.
He will always be remembered for his wit, his intelligence and his kindness and generosity to his family and all who met him. The world has lost "one of the good guys."
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