Carl F. Johnson Jr. 


Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County, CA
Published in the "Big Bear Grizzly" Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:56 PM PST
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Carl F. Johnson Jr. 85, passed Oct. 31, 2005, in La Jolla, Calif. Born April 12, 1920, 
in Buffalo, New York, Carl was a longtime resident of Big Bear Valley and the former 
owner of the H&R Block franchise here for 20 years before moving to Menifee in 1993 with 
his wife, Jane.

A retired Lt. Col. USAF after 25 years of service in WWII, Korean and the Vietnam wars he 
was then a meteorologist for American Airlines. Carl was a member of the Big Bear and Lake 
Elsinore Elks Lodge and past president of the VFW in Big Bear.

Carl is survived by his four daughters, Nancy Wing of Bethesda, MD, Bonnie Novak and Judy 
Fogg, both of San Diego, and Shannon McElwee of Hemet; son Carl F. Johnson, III of Westport, 
Wash.; sister Ruth Cardon of Laverne; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Carl's 
wife, Jane, preceded him in death in Oct. 1999.

Graveside services were held Nov. 4, 2005, at the Riverside National Cemetery with full military honors.