Shirlee Johnson
1959-04-06 1998-05-26
Shirlee J. Johnson, 39, L-C Valley resident
Shirlee Jean Johnson, a longtime valley resident, died Tuesday at Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston of complications of scleroderma.
She was 39.
She was born April 6, 1959, to Vernon C. and Virginia L. Zimmerman Snyder at Lewiston.
She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1977 and attended college at Lewis-Clark State College at Lewiston for 2 1/2 years. She had recently attended Walla Walla Community College at Clarkston.
She married Kevin Kennedy in 1980 at Clarkston. They later divorced.
She married Paul Johnson in 1985 at Coeur d'Alene. The marriage ended in divorce.
She worked at Montgomery Ward in Lewiston while in high school and attending LCSC. She also worked at Hanford in Tri-Cities for about three years.
In Coeur d'Alene she worked with physically and mentally handicapped children for a year and a half.
She was also employed at Blount, Inc. at Lewiston from 1990 to 1997, when she had to retire for health reasons.
She enjoyed exercising and camping. Her main joy in life was raising her two children and attending their activities.
She is survived by two daughters, Jami and Kylee Johnson of Clarkston; her mother at Clarkston; and three brothers, Bill Snyder of Clarkston, Vern Snyder of Grangeville and Tim Snyder of Lewiston.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston. The Rev. Len Forsmann of Holy Family Catholic Church at Clarkston will officiate.
The family suggests memorials may be made to Sterling Savings Association in care of Lisa Styner, 303 Diagonal St., Clarkston, 99403 for the education of her daughters.
Shirlee Jean Johnson, a longtime valley resident, died Tuesday at Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston of complications of scleroderma.
She was 39.
She was born April 6, 1959, to Vernon C. and Virginia L. Zimmerman Snyder at Lewiston.
She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1977 and attended college at Lewis-Clark State College at Lewiston for 2 1/2 years. She had recently attended Walla Walla Community College at Clarkston.
She married Kevin Kennedy in 1980 at Clarkston. They later divorced.
She married Paul Johnson in 1985 at Coeur d'Alene. The marriage ended in divorce.
She worked at Montgomery Ward in Lewiston while in high school and attending LCSC. She also worked at Hanford in Tri-Cities for about three years.
In Coeur d'Alene she worked with physically and mentally handicapped children for a year and a half.
She was also employed at Blount, Inc. at Lewiston from 1990 to 1997, when she had to retire for health reasons.
She enjoyed exercising and camping. Her main joy in life was raising her two children and attending their activities.
She is survived by two daughters, Jami and Kylee Johnson of Clarkston; her mother at Clarkston; and three brothers, Bill Snyder of Clarkston, Vern Snyder of Grangeville and Tim Snyder of Lewiston.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston. The Rev. Len Forsmann of Holy Family Catholic Church at Clarkston will officiate.
The family suggests memorials may be made to Sterling Savings Association in care of Lisa Styner, 303 Diagonal St., Clarkston, 99403 for the education of her daughters.