Craig E. Johnson
Wednesday, April 30, 1958
Date of Death:
Monday, January 25, 2010
Age:
51 years old
Visitation
Date: Friday January 29, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Macken Funeral Home [ view map ]
Second Visitation
Date: Saturday January 30, 2010
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: Holy Spirit Catholic Church [ view map ]
Funeral Mass
Date: Saturday January 30, 2010
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Holy Spirit Catholic Church [ view map ]
Burial
Location: Pleasant Prairie Cemetery [ view map ]
Wednesday, April 30, 1958
Date of Death:
Monday, January 25, 2010
Age:
51 years old
Wednesday, April 30, 1958
Date of Death:
Monday, January 25, 2010
Age:
51 years old
Craig E. Johnson
A funeral Mass for Craig Eugene Johnson will be held at 10:00am on Saturday January 30, 2010 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church with Rev. Thomas Loomis officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Prairie Cemetery in Rochester.
Craig, age 51, of Rochester died in a 39-vehicle pileup on Interstate 35 on Monday. In an attempt to rescue his wife, he exited his vehicle and was fatally struck by another vehicle.
Craig E. Johnson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on April 30, 1958 to Ivan and Dorla Johnson Eisenlauer. He was raised in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School. He was also a graduate of Iowa State University (Phi Beta Kappa). He married Kathleen Sweeney on September 21, 1985 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was employed by IBM for many decades and traveled the world as a Power Systems software product manager of IBM i, PHP, and MySQL. He was described as one of the most well-recognized and respected figures in the IBM Systems world. He is remembered for his kindness, sense of humor, talent, professionalism and dedication. He was scheduled to be the keynote speaker for the TEC conference in April.
He is survived by his wife Kathleen; two daughters, Casey Johnson of Ames, Iowa and Megan Johnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota along with her fiancé Solomon Geigle; his father Ivan (Judy) Johnson of Des Moines; his mother Dorla (Ike) Eisenlauer of Estes Park, Colorado; a brother Paul (Carol) Johnson of Ankeny, Iowa; step sisters Renee (Jason) Aker of Baxter, Iowa; Debra (Dennis) Martin of Lincoln, Nebraska; Diane (Gary) Ellis of Norwalk, Iowa; a step brother Dick (Linda) Eisenlauer of Bettendorf, Iowa.
He was a loving husband, father, and son. He was well respected by everyone who knew him and will be dearly missed.
Friends may call from 5:00PM – 8:00PM Friday evening at Macken Funeral Home and 1 hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Macken Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be signed at www.mackenfuneralhome.com.