Winston A. Johnson Ii
June 26, 1944 — November 3, 2016
Winston A. Johnson II went to be with the Lord on November 3, 2016. He is preceded by his father and mother, Winston and Mary Johnson, and his brother Robert Johnson. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Vivian, his brother Kenny & wife Kathy of El Paso, his sister-in-law Resa Johnson of El Paso, his father & mother in-law George & Daisy May, his 3 children and their...
Winston A. Johnson II went to be with the Lord on November 3, 2016. He is preceded by his father and mother, Winston and Mary Johnson, and his brother Robert Johnson. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Vivian, his brother Kenny & wife Kathy of El Paso, his sister-in-law Resa Johnson of El Paso, his father & mother in-law George & Daisy May, his 3 children and their spouses, Diana & Brett Seward of Las Cruces, Sheri & Keith Franzoy of Hatch, Vernon & LeAnne Johnson of Rio Rancho, his 8 grandchildren, Heath, Shelby, Fayth, Katrina, Garrett, Bryce, Blake, and Lacie, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Winston earned a Master's Degree from NMSU in Mechanical Engineering. Throughout the years he continued to give back to the school by serving on an engineering advisory board and establishing an endowment scholarship. He proudly served in the Army as a chief helicopter maintenance officer and served in Vietnam for a year. After Vietnam he worked for El Paso Energy and retired after 32 years as their Vice President of Engineering. Anyone that knew Winston didn't expect him to stay "retired". He continued to provide years of valuable knowledge to many people in the industry. He was also very active in his grandkids endeavors providing them wisdom, knowledge, and any help that he could supply. Over the years he was part of many organizations and received many awards. He was chairman of the Gas Machinery Research Council for 6 years, and...
Winston A. Johnson II went to be with the Lord on November 3, 2016. He is preceded by his father and mother, Winston and Mary Johnson, and his brother Robert Johnson. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Vivian, his brother Kenny & wife Kathy of El Paso, his sister-in-law Resa Johnson of El Paso, his father & mother in-law George & Daisy May, his 3 children and their spouses, Diana & Brett Seward of Las Cruces, Sheri & Keith Franzoy of Hatch, Vernon & LeAnne Johnson of Rio Rancho, his 8 grandchildren, Heath, Shelby, Fayth, Katrina, Garrett, Bryce, Blake, and Lacie, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Winston earned a Master's Degree from NMSU in Mechanical Engineering. Throughout the years he continued to give back to the school by serving on an engineering advisory board and establishing an endowment scholarship. He proudly served in the Army as a chief helicopter maintenance officer and served in Vietnam for a year. After Vietnam he worked for El Paso Energy and retired after 32 years as their Vice President of Engineering. Anyone that knew Winston didn't expect him to stay "retired". He continued to provide years of valuable knowledge to many people in the industry. He was also very active in his grandkids endeavors providing them wisdom, knowledge, and any help that he could supply. Over the years he was part of many organizations and received many awards. He was chairman of the Gas Machinery Research Council for 6 years, and received a distinguished service award in 2004. He also served as chairman of Pipeline Research Council International for 4 years. He was a great wealth of knowledge for his family, for everyone in the natural gas industry, and for anyone that crossed his path. A celebration of his life will be held Wednesday Nov. 9th at 11:00AM at Getz Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to one of the following: NMSU Foundation for the Winston A & Vivian A Johnson Endowment Scholarship (NMSU Foundation PO Box 3590 Las Cruces, NM 88003), The 11ACVVC Scholarship Fund which is the 11th Armored Calvary unit that he served with (11th ACVVC PO Box 956 Colleyville, TX 76034), or charity of your choice in his honor. PDF Printable Version Service Information
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 11:00am,
Getz Funeral Home Chapel
1410 E. Bowman Ave
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001
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