Clifford Allen Johnson

Clifford Allen Johnson, beloved son of God, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather was born in Thompson Falls, Montana on December 17,1936 to Alfred and Inga Johnson and passed into Glory on January 6, 2025 at the age of 88.

Cliff is survived by his widow, Joan Johnson; 3 daughters and 2 sons-in-love:

Deborah Johnson, Linda and Peter Feist, and Tracy and Michael Christianson; 8 grandchildren - Christina (Michael) Wood; Amanda (Joshua) Burnett; Kimberly (Levi) Palaniuk; Pamela (Ben) Meglich; Jacob (Lindsay) Feist; Ben (Alisa) Feist;Taylor (Hanna) Christianson; Cameron Christianson; 12 great grandchildren plus 2 more by marriage and 1 due in April, 2025; and extended family.

Cliff graduated high school in 1956 and joined the Navy. He graduated EM school and submarine school then was stationed on board the USS Sablefish in November same year. By 1958 he had made EM2 and EM3 at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. While there he met his future wife, Joan Phelan, at a USO dance. They were married December 27, 1958.

Their first daughter was born in 1959. In 1961, once Cliff’s service was completed, they moved to the Northwest where he grew up. After a brief stop up Pack River road north of Sandpoint they went on to settle in Skyway, WA. There their second daughter was born. Later they moved to Renton, WA where their third daughter was born. In 1969 they moved back to Upper Pack River Road where they raised their daughters. They moved to Sandpoint in 2007 and then to Sagle in 2024.

Cliff loved to laugh and joke. He loved fishing, hunting, archery, pitching horseshoes and hiking the mountains of upper Pack River where they raised their daughters. Most of all he loved his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He participated in and was very active in various ministries at the Assembly Church (now Parkside Church) throughout the years.  He was a jack-of-all-trades, from wiring 747’s at Boeing, logging, building houses, selling seafood and more.

There will be a Celebration of Life on June 21, 2025 @ 1:00pm. Parkside Church, Sandpoint, Idaho, where he and Joan have been long standing members.