Queenie Johnson
Dies at Age 34;
Services Pending
Services are pending for Norma Rae Johnson, known to her family and friends as “Queenie,” who died of complications after a lengthy chronic illness on June 12 in Boise, Idaho. She was 34.
Queenie was born July 1, 1981, in Sitka. She was a Raven Beaver from the Shdeen Hit of Angoon.
Queenie, who had lived in Sitka all her life, moved to Boise in August 2013.
Queenie was preceded in death on her maternal side by her grandparents Rodney and Lena (Tom) Hunter and Paul and Emma Demmert; uncles Johnny Hunter, Rodney Hunter and Irvin Hunter; auntie Cynthia Willis; uncles Jack Demmert and Harold Demmert; and paternal grandparents Agnes and Joseph Johnson Sr.
She is survived by her mother, Doris Hunter, of Sitka; sister Johanna Arvin of Reno, Nev.; brothers Joseph Johnson III and Michael Vandal, both of Sitka; and her father, Joseph Johnson Jr. of Juneau.
Her life partner and significant other is Jeff Grun of Boise.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Conley, William Kanosh and Frank Jim. Pallbearers will be Jeff Grun, Everett Johnson, Kris Weaver, Darrel Austin, Johnny Duncan Jr. and Alex J. Rice.
Those wishing to make memorial contributions in lieu of flowers, are invited to contact Doris Hunter at 747-5656.
