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- +20B12243. Charles Robert Johnson. Contact Marian Rogers aka Elizabeth Ann Johnson,
Charles Johnson
Prineville resident Charles R. "Bob" Johnson died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1996, at the Ochoco Care Center in Prineville. He was 83.
A private family service will precede private interment at the Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville.
Visitation will be held today (Dec. 19), 3-7 p.m. in the Prineville Funeral Home.
Mr. Johnson was born Feb. 13, 1914, in Chicago, Ill., to Charles H. and Lora (Bassett) Johnson. He grew up and attended schools in Rockford, Ill. He toured with his band, "The Kentucky Vagabonds" around various Midwest states, then joined a couple of larger bands, playing in his home town of Rockford. In 1941 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served until 1945.
He married Lucille (Woodbury) on Sept. 4, 1941, in Junction City, Kan., where he was stationed in the army. In 1945, he began work as a purchasing agent for a wholesale house in Rockford. In 1954 he moved his family to Los Gatos, Calif., where he worked for FMC Corp. as a purchasing agent until he retired in 1977 and moved to Prineville.
He enjoyed playing drums, playing cribbage and watching basketball. He was a past member of the Prineville Elks.
Survivors include his wife in Prineville; daughter Gayle Halvorson of Prineville; three grandchildren in Prineville; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
Memorials can be made to Pioneer Memorial Home Health and Hospice.
Rockford Morning Star, October 14, 1941
Rockford Man Is Transferred To Fort Myers, Va.
Robert C. Johnson, who left Rockford June 27 for Fort Riley Kas., has been transferred to Fort Myers, Va., according to word received yesterday by his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Johnson, 207 South 1st street.
Johnson is a member of the 3rd cavalry band at Fort Myers, located across the Potomac river from Washington, D.C. He also is a member of a 13-piece dance band at Fort Myers.
Johnson was a drummer with Ralph Williams' orchestra here before he joined the army.
Rockford Morning Star, September 3, 1942
Plays In Army Band (Included picture in uniform holding drum)
Corp. Technician Robert C. Johnson (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, 207 South 1st street, is a member of the 3rd armored regiment band at Fort Benning Ga. Corp. Johnson recently returned to his post after spending a furlough here.
Rockford Morning Star, October 5, 1943
Purely Personal
Sgt. Robert C. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson are guests of Sgt. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Johnson 207 South 1st street. Sgt. Johnson is stationed at Camp Gordon, August, Ga., where he is in the armored division band.
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