Eric Johnson, age 62, passed away in Mission Viejo, California on April 23, 2018, surrounded by family and friends who loved him dearly.
A Marine and a mariner, and infused with Viking character, Eric was a lifelong “man of the sea.” He learned to sail in the family sailboat, the Wind Dancer, on Lake Winnebago in his hometown of Neenah, Wisconsin. He then went on to live on his own sailboat, the Wind Dancer II, first in the Chesapeake Bay and then in San Francisco Bay. Twenty-one years ago, Eric “came ashore” to marry Elizabeth Wild and her daughter Anneliese Tolk. Liz and Anneliese meant the world to him and loved and supported him to the end in his battle with cancer.
Eric was preceded in death by his twin brother, Don, who insisted on coming into and exiting this world first. In addition to his wife and daughter, he leaves behind his brother Kurt (Debbie) Johnson, sister Kristin (Tom) Knapp, sister-in-law Linda Johnson and cousins, nieces, nephews and friends who adored him.
Fair winds and following seas, dear brother.
Died 184 days after his twin brother.
A Marine and a mariner, and infused with Viking character, Eric was a lifelong “man of the sea.” He learned to sail in the family sailboat, the Wind Dancer, on Lake Winnebago in his hometown of Neenah, Wisconsin. He then went on to live on his own sailboat, the Wind Dancer II, first in the Chesapeake Bay and then in San Francisco Bay. Twenty-one years ago, Eric “came ashore” to marry Elizabeth Wild and her daughter Anneliese Tolk. Liz and Anneliese meant the world to him and loved and supported him to the end in his battle with cancer.
Eric was preceded in death by his twin brother, Don, who insisted on coming into and exiting this world first. In addition to his wife and daughter, he leaves behind his brother Kurt (Debbie) Johnson, sister Kristin (Tom) Knapp, sister-in-law Linda Johnson and cousins, nieces, nephews and friends who adored him.
Fair winds and following seas, dear brother.
Died 184 days after his twin brother.
Eric Johnson, age 62, passed away in Mission Viejo, California on April 23, 2018, surrounded by family and friends who loved him dearly.
A Marine and a mariner, and infused with Viking character, Eric was a lifelong “man of the sea.” He learned to sail in the family sailboat, the Wind Dancer, on Lake Winnebago in his hometown of Neenah, Wisconsin. He then went on to live on his own sailboat, the Wind Dancer II, first in the Chesapeake Bay and then in San Francisco Bay. Twenty-one years ago, Eric “came ashore” to marry Elizabeth Wild and her daughter Anneliese Tolk. Liz and Anneliese meant the world to him and loved and supported him to the end in his battle with cancer.
Eric was preceded in death by his twin brother, Don, who insisted on coming into and exiting this world first. In addition to his wife and daughter, he leaves behind his brother Kurt (Debbie) Johnson, sister Kristin (Tom) Knapp, sister-in-law Linda Johnson and cousins, nieces, nephews and friends who adored him.
Fair winds and following seas, dear brother.
Died 184 days after his twin brother.
A Marine and a mariner, and infused with Viking character, Eric was a lifelong “man of the sea.” He learned to sail in the family sailboat, the Wind Dancer, on Lake Winnebago in his hometown of Neenah, Wisconsin. He then went on to live on his own sailboat, the Wind Dancer II, first in the Chesapeake Bay and then in San Francisco Bay. Twenty-one years ago, Eric “came ashore” to marry Elizabeth Wild and her daughter Anneliese Tolk. Liz and Anneliese meant the world to him and loved and supported him to the end in his battle with cancer.
Eric was preceded in death by his twin brother, Don, who insisted on coming into and exiting this world first. In addition to his wife and daughter, he leaves behind his brother Kurt (Debbie) Johnson, sister Kristin (Tom) Knapp, sister-in-law Linda Johnson and cousins, nieces, nephews and friends who adored him.
Fair winds and following seas, dear brother.
Died 184 days after his twin brother.
