John Albin Johnson Jr., 80, of East Woodcrest Drive, Warren, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Warren General Hospital.

Mr. Johnson was born February 23, 1932, in Bradford, Pa., the son of the late John and Mae Pratt Johnson, Sr.  He was a 1952 graduate of Bradford High School. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and was a Purple Heart recipient.  Mr. Johnson was employed for over thirty years as a carpenter at Struthers Wells, from which he retired.  He was well known around town for cutting paper stars.  He was very active at the former Bethlehem Covenant Church.   He was currently attending Pleasant Community Church, where he participated in the Men's Breakfast Group, was a trustee and also served as a Deacon.  He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Donna Mae Johnson, whom he married on July 24, 1954; his children, Linda Feather, and husband, Bruce, Bear Lake, Pa., Jeffrey Johnson, Warren, Pa., Karen Knight-Griffith, and husband, Jeff, Pleasantville, Pa., John Johnson, and wife, Leslie, Warren, Pa. and Cheryl Vogel, and husband, Paul, Lake Villa, IL; 2 sisters, Ruth Morris, Cortez, CO and Anna Drum, Hendersonville, NC; 9 grandchildren, Marie, Christina, Paul, McCall, Brian, Scott, Justin, Timothy and Peter; 1 great-grandchild, Stephen; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna Mae Bolin and Ellen Melsness; a brother, Leroy Johnson; and two daughters-in-law, Monica and Michelle Johnson.

Friends will be received at the Peterson - Blick Funeral Home, Inc., 1003 Penn Ave., E., Warren, on Friday, August 10, from, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  A Disabled American Veteran Service will be held at the funeral home at 6:45 p.m.  A funeral service will be held at Pleasant Community Church, 673 Pleasant Drive, Warren, Pa., on Saturday, August 11, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Michael Poindexter, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Warren County, 2 Crescent Park West, Warren, PA 16365, or the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #75.