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David Alvah Johnson

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David Alvah Johnson

Birth
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
13 Feb 2018 (aged 91)
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Burial
Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section Phase IV, Lot E, Row B, Grave 230
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David Alvah Johnson ;

David Alvah Johnson, a Mason.

Sunday January 9, 1927 : Tuesday February 13, 2018






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What a Grand Man David Johnson was!

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David Alvah Johnson, of the Watchung Mountains in Brookdale Station, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey died in Delray Beach, Florida, on February, 13th. He was 91.

Born in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey David Johnson was raised in Kearny and moved to Bloomfield in 1953.He was a graduate of Kearny High School then graduated Rutgers University, with a B.S. in Agriculture. David was a World War II veteran and served in Europe with the First Armored Division in the 14th Armored Infantry Battalion which later became the 14th Constabulary Squadron. A Past Commander and member of Miles Suarez Post 711, Veterans of Foreign Wars, he also served as a Trustee and Post Historian, Armored Division Association and the United States Constabulary Association and attended many of the national and regional reunions. In 2014 he was honored to serve as Grand Marshal in Bloomfield’s Memorial Day Parade as a proud member of the First Armored Division. He was married May 23, 1953 in Bloomfield, New Jersey.


Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey · Page 20
Wednesday, May 27, 1953
Page:Social News:
Red Rank was honored Johnson-Eadie Nuptials Held BLOOMF1ELD Miss Dorothy Mae Eadie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Eadie. 93 Lexington Avenue, and David Alvah Johnson. ASBURY PARK






Yes happy wife..happy life...

He was an active member of Trinity Church in Kearny until he moved to Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey over the Passaic River, where he attended Church of the Advent. There he served as Junior Warden and as an Acolyte until the Church closed in October 1998. He then became an active parishioner at Christ Episcopal Church, Bloomfield/Glen Ridge, where he served for many years as Acolyte. He served as Deputy to several of the Diocese of Newark Annual Conventions.

In June 2002, he and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Eadie Johnson, were honored by the Episcopal Diocese of Newark and received the David Paul Hegg II Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the Episcopal Church and his community.

He was a Masonic active member and Past Worshipful Master of Bloomfield Lodge #40, Free and Accepted Masons, (now the Essex Lodge # 7). He was also a member of the Masonic Scottish Rite, Valley of Northern New Jersey and Nutley Chapter #121, O.E.S. (Order of the Eastern Star) David was a member of: Historical Society of Bloomfield, Central Jersey Deltiological Society and a former member of the Advisory Board of Friendship Chapter, Order of DeMolay and the Civil Wars Round Table. Earlier, he volunteered as an Auxiliary Police in Bloomfield and served for 6 years on the Bloomfield Board of Health. He was a member Bloomfield Safety Council, Friends of the Library, Metropolitan Association for Food Protection and Berkeley Shores Homeowners Civic Association. He was a Committee member of Bloomfield Scout Troop #6 and, formerly, served as Health and Safety Officer, Tamarack Council, Boy Scouts of America. In addition to his participation in the community, he enjoyed gardening, travel, collecting stamps, and researching family history. He loved history, and collected, and read many books on World War II.

Before retiring in 1991, he was a Principal Sanitarian for the New Jersey Department of Health, in the Division of Consumer Health Services and was a FDA State Rating Officer. Earlier in his career he was a Quality Control Supervisor in Consumer’s Dairy, Union City, and Sealtest Foods
Newark, Divisions of National Dairy Products Corp.




Surviving are his beloved wife, Dorothy Eadie Johnson, married 64 years in May 2017); his loving children, Douglas Alan Johnson and wife Lisa, Daniel Albert Johnson and his daughter-in-law, Debra, wife of Donald Andrew Johnson (recently deceased in 2017); his cherished grandchildren Trevor Douglas Johnson, Cassidy Taylor Johnson and Austin Trace Johnson, Michele Astone, Melissa Caporale, Jennifer Riggs, and eight great grandchildren, his niece Patricia Kern Ludwig and nephew, William J. Kern and niece
Donna Rumelhart, and many other relatives and friends.

His son Donald Andrew John passed away last year (2017) May the Second.


He was the loving son of Mary Hazen Higinbotham, and Eugene Crowell Johnson. His older sister, Mrs. Ruth Alma Johnson Poczik passed away in Massachusetts the previious day.

MARY HAZEN JOHNSON, (42 (born HIGINBOTHAM), 1894 - 1980

1894, at birth place, Louisiana.
MARY married EUGENE CROWELL JOHNSON in 1920, at age 25 in , New Jersey.
EUGENE was born on April 10, 1886.

MARY lived in 1930, New Jersey.
MARY passed away in 1980, at age 85 at death place, New Jersey.


Visitation will be on Monday Feb, 19th from 4:00 PM– 8:00PM at O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St, Bloomfield. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the funeral services which will be held on Tues., Feb 20th, 10:30 am at Christ Episcopal Church, Bloomfield/Glen Ridge, corner of Bloomfield Avenue, and Park Avenue, followed by internment at Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield. Miles Suarez Post 711, V.F.W., the Masonic Lodge, and the Eastern Star, did also conduct services on Monday, evening at the funeral home.

In addition to flowers, Memorial TAX-FREE contributions may be made to Christ Church,74 Park Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, your Masonic Lodge, and/or to the (VFW) Veterans of Foreign Wars, at 536 Broughton Ave., Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

V.F.W. Post Number 711
369 Broughton Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003-9999
Phone: (973) 338-4277

Visiting:
Monday
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
O'Boyle Funeral Home
Essex County
309 Broad Street
Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003


Services:
Tuesday
10:00 AM
Christ Episcopal Church of Bloomfield-Glen Ridge
74 Park Street
Essex County
Glen Ridge, New Jersey 07028

Burial/Interment:

Glendale Cemetery
28 Hoover Avenue
Essex County
X 150 GSP
Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
GOD so blessed us all with David Johnson!

GOD Speed David!

His sister on Finda Grave Memorial is:
Ruth Alma JOHNSON Poczik
187411265

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Bio;

By


Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian and friend of the family.
David Alvah Johnson ;

David Alvah Johnson, a Mason.

Sunday January 9, 1927 : Tuesday February 13, 2018






..
What a Grand Man David Johnson was!

...


David Alvah Johnson, of the Watchung Mountains in Brookdale Station, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey died in Delray Beach, Florida, on February, 13th. He was 91.

Born in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey David Johnson was raised in Kearny and moved to Bloomfield in 1953.He was a graduate of Kearny High School then graduated Rutgers University, with a B.S. in Agriculture. David was a World War II veteran and served in Europe with the First Armored Division in the 14th Armored Infantry Battalion which later became the 14th Constabulary Squadron. A Past Commander and member of Miles Suarez Post 711, Veterans of Foreign Wars, he also served as a Trustee and Post Historian, Armored Division Association and the United States Constabulary Association and attended many of the national and regional reunions. In 2014 he was honored to serve as Grand Marshal in Bloomfield’s Memorial Day Parade as a proud member of the First Armored Division. He was married May 23, 1953 in Bloomfield, New Jersey.


Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey · Page 20
Wednesday, May 27, 1953
Page:Social News:
Red Rank was honored Johnson-Eadie Nuptials Held BLOOMF1ELD Miss Dorothy Mae Eadie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Eadie. 93 Lexington Avenue, and David Alvah Johnson. ASBURY PARK






Yes happy wife..happy life...

He was an active member of Trinity Church in Kearny until he moved to Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey over the Passaic River, where he attended Church of the Advent. There he served as Junior Warden and as an Acolyte until the Church closed in October 1998. He then became an active parishioner at Christ Episcopal Church, Bloomfield/Glen Ridge, where he served for many years as Acolyte. He served as Deputy to several of the Diocese of Newark Annual Conventions.

In June 2002, he and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Eadie Johnson, were honored by the Episcopal Diocese of Newark and received the David Paul Hegg II Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the Episcopal Church and his community.

He was a Masonic active member and Past Worshipful Master of Bloomfield Lodge #40, Free and Accepted Masons, (now the Essex Lodge # 7). He was also a member of the Masonic Scottish Rite, Valley of Northern New Jersey and Nutley Chapter #121, O.E.S. (Order of the Eastern Star) David was a member of: Historical Society of Bloomfield, Central Jersey Deltiological Society and a former member of the Advisory Board of Friendship Chapter, Order of DeMolay and the Civil Wars Round Table. Earlier, he volunteered as an Auxiliary Police in Bloomfield and served for 6 years on the Bloomfield Board of Health. He was a member Bloomfield Safety Council, Friends of the Library, Metropolitan Association for Food Protection and Berkeley Shores Homeowners Civic Association. He was a Committee member of Bloomfield Scout Troop #6 and, formerly, served as Health and Safety Officer, Tamarack Council, Boy Scouts of America. In addition to his participation in the community, he enjoyed gardening, travel, collecting stamps, and researching family history. He loved history, and collected, and read many books on World War II.

Before retiring in 1991, he was a Principal Sanitarian for the New Jersey Department of Health, in the Division of Consumer Health Services and was a FDA State Rating Officer. Earlier in his career he was a Quality Control Supervisor in Consumer’s Dairy, Union City, and Sealtest Foods
Newark, Divisions of National Dairy Products Corp.




Surviving are his beloved wife, Dorothy Eadie Johnson, married 64 years in May 2017); his loving children, Douglas Alan Johnson and wife Lisa, Daniel Albert Johnson and his daughter-in-law, Debra, wife of Donald Andrew Johnson (recently deceased in 2017); his cherished grandchildren Trevor Douglas Johnson, Cassidy Taylor Johnson and Austin Trace Johnson, Michele Astone, Melissa Caporale, Jennifer Riggs, and eight great grandchildren, his niece Patricia Kern Ludwig and nephew, William J. Kern and niece
Donna Rumelhart, and many other relatives and friends.

His son Donald Andrew John passed away last year (2017) May the Second.


He was the loving son of Mary Hazen Higinbotham, and Eugene Crowell Johnson. His older sister, Mrs. Ruth Alma Johnson Poczik passed away in Massachusetts the previious day.

MARY HAZEN JOHNSON, (42 (born HIGINBOTHAM), 1894 - 1980

1894, at birth place, Louisiana.
MARY married EUGENE CROWELL JOHNSON in 1920, at age 25 in , New Jersey.
EUGENE was born on April 10, 1886.

MARY lived in 1930, New Jersey.
MARY passed away in 1980, at age 85 at death place, New Jersey.


Visitation will be on Monday Feb, 19th from 4:00 PM– 8:00PM at O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St, Bloomfield. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the funeral services which will be held on Tues., Feb 20th, 10:30 am at Christ Episcopal Church, Bloomfield/Glen Ridge, corner of Bloomfield Avenue, and Park Avenue, followed by internment at Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield. Miles Suarez Post 711, V.F.W., the Masonic Lodge, and the Eastern Star, did also conduct services on Monday, evening at the funeral home.

In addition to flowers, Memorial TAX-FREE contributions may be made to Christ Church,74 Park Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, your Masonic Lodge, and/or to the (VFW) Veterans of Foreign Wars, at 536 Broughton Ave., Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

V.F.W. Post Number 711
369 Broughton Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003-9999
Phone: (973) 338-4277

Visiting:
Monday
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
O'Boyle Funeral Home
Essex County
309 Broad Street
Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003


Services:
Tuesday
10:00 AM
Christ Episcopal Church of Bloomfield-Glen Ridge
74 Park Street
Essex County
Glen Ridge, New Jersey 07028

Burial/Interment:

Glendale Cemetery
28 Hoover Avenue
Essex County
X 150 GSP
Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
GOD so blessed us all with David Johnson!

GOD Speed David!

His sister on Finda Grave Memorial is:
Ruth Alma JOHNSON Poczik
187411265

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...
..
.


Bio;

By


Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian and friend of the family.


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