This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Andeson, Clayton, Reid, Hare, Paustian, Culwel, DeRosa Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12018 Message Board Post: PJ: Wed., 9/14/2005: Curtis L. Johnson, 79, of 4943 Williams Ave., Bemus Point, slipped the surly bonds of earth and went to be with his maker surrounded by his loving family after a brief courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. A Jamestown native, he was born February 24, 1926, a son of Ernest and Judith Anderson Johnson. He was a 1944 graduate of Jamestown High School and was a WW II veteran of the US Navy serving aboard the submarine USS Bluefish from 1944 to 1946. He was employed by the City of Jamestown Fire Department from 1953 to 1985 retiring as a captain and maintenance supervisor. He was a member of the Bemus Point United Methodist Church and Island Resort Church, Lake Havasu, AZ. His other memberships include American Federation of Musicians for 58 years, Morton Club, Ira Lou Spring Post #149 American Legion, Thomas G. Stone Post #1996 AMVETS, Elks Lodge BPOE #263, Lakewood Rod and Gun Club, Ingjald Lodge #65 IOV, Moose Marching Band and Jamestown Municipal Band. He was a member and past president of International Municipal Signal Association, Viking Corporation and Viking Male Chorus. He was a life member of Moose Lodge #1681 and John W. Tiffany Post #53 VFW. He was an avid hunter, motorcyclist, boater, golfer and bowler. He loved music and working with his hands. In earlier years he played baseball in the Jamestown Industrial and Muny Leagues. Surviving are his wife the former Judy Clayton, whom he married December 5, 1969, 4 sons Steven A. (Judy) Johnson of Jamestown, Dana W. (Dorothy) Johnson of Virginia Beach, VA, Samuel J. (Donna) Johnson of Decatur IL., and Stephen M. (Ann) Johnson of Prospect, KY, 5 daughters Sylvia L. (Preston) Reid of Phoenix, AZ, Patricia C. (Jim) Hare of Carterville, MO, Pamelia B. Paustian of Tucson, AZ, Donna E. Culwel of Havasu Palms, CA, and Christine J. DeRosa of Tujunga, CA, 12 grandchildren, a brother Wallace (Eleanor) Johnson of Frewsburg and a sister-in-law Marilyn Johnson of Jamestown. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sons Duane and Gary Johnson and a brother Wayne Johnson. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery.