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Terry Johnson

Jul 16, 2022

March 14, 1953 – July 1, 2022

Terry Edwin Johnson

was born on March 14th,

1953, to Albin & Delores

(Thingvold) Johnson in

Rugby, North Dakota. He

passed away at the age of

69 years in his home on

July 1st, 2022.

Terry was raised in

Rolette, where he attend-

ed school. He started out

his working career at

Graber-Shrock Chevrolet

as a mechanic, working

alongside his dad. Around

this time was when he

met the love of his life,

Donna Martin. He knew

that she was the one he

wanted to build a life

with, so he made the deci-

sion to make her his wife.

They were united in mar-

riage on May 19, 1973.

A couple of years had

flown by, and they decid-

ed it was time to expand

their family. This was

when the first of five chil-

dren were born, Craig, fol-

lowed by Nancy, Sherri,

Terri and Jeff to solidify

their family. In 1981, he

started to work for Cenex

and continued to work for

40 years, although he

wasn’t working like he

used to, Terry continued

his employment through

Cenex up until his very

last day on Earth. Terry

also served as chief of the

Rolette Fire Department.

He had the honor of hold-

ing this title from 1978 –

1998 and if you were to

ask anyone, he did a

damn good job at it. After

years of raising what they

called their first batch of

children and becoming

grandparents, Terry and

Donna took on one of the

most selfless acts they

could and decided they

would raise 7 of their 15

grandchildren. Although

at times it felt like it was

near impossible, they did

it, and they did it well.

Terry enjoyed many

things throughout his life.

He loved having his fami-

ly around to visit and

bicker with, he would en-

joy Facetiming and calling

his friends and family

throughout the day to

simply check in, and he

thoroughly enjoyed going

on his Snapchat to see

what everyone of his

friends was doing at all

times of the day. As life

had gone by, it became

more difficult for him to

do the things he once did,

but in all reality, it did not

stop him from trying.

Throughout these last few

months, one of his bigger

focuses was getting his

yard cleaned up and his

deck redone. He had Aus-

tin, Braydon, and Mason

helping, but Terry would

do what he could, when

he could. A few things are

still left to be completed,

but we all know that they

will be done in no time,

because we will continue

to have his voice in the

back of our mind, holler-

ing at us “Get it done”.

Terry is survived by his

wife of 49 years, Donna

Johnson; five children,

Craig (Lorna) Johnson,

Nancy Ortiz, Sherri Matu-

la, Terri (Mark) Erickson,

Jeff Johnson; several

grandchildren, Alex Tho-

mas, Cassie Hietala, Dawn

LaVallie (Trace

Armstrong), Shawn La-

Vallie, Lacey Matula,

Donald Matula, Shelby

King (Ryu), Brittany Ortiz,

Destiny Morin, Austin Or-

tiz, Braydon Ortiz, Brean-

na Johnson, Mason Ortiz,

Brantley Erickson, and

Kannon Erickson; his

mother, Delores Johnson;

three siblings, Mark

(Phyllis) Johnson, Sheila

(Wayne) Jacobson, Gloria

Belisle; nieces, nephews;

other relatives and

friends. Terry is preceded

in death by his grandson,

Lucas Johnson and his fa-

ther, Albin Johnson.

Funeral services were

held at 2:00 p.m. Friday,

July 8th at Valle Lutheran

Church in Rolette with

private burial in the

Rolette Community

Cemetery at a later date.

Rev. Gene Wilson, Offici-

ating.

Organist: Diane Arstein

Casket Bearers: Daniel

Boucher, Mike Wendland,

Darrin Boucher, Bryce

Leonard, Everett Lervik

and Aaron Thompson

Arrangements with the

Anderson Funeral Home

of Rugby. Online

registry: www.funeralsbyanderson.com