Johnson, Keith

KEITH ELWIN JOHNSON passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday November 2nd, 2018, days after celebrating his 92nd birthday.
Loving son of Elwin Harvey Johnson, Winifred Anna Johnson and brother to Kenneth Johnson.
He is reunited in heaven with his loving wife Jane Elizabeth.
Survived by his daughters Linda, Diane (Tim) and Barbara.

“Fafa” was the proud grandfather of Keith (Taylor), Marcus (Tresa), Justin, Alex (Ruby), Ryan (Allison), Sarah Jane (David), Justine, Jake, Payge and several great grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his entire family.
Keith was born in 1926 in Montreal, Quebec. He and Jane were married in 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin then resided in Toronto, Ontario.

He was employed by the Ministry of Transportation as a Draftsman until his retirement in 1989. His greater love was serving the deaf community in Toronto. He sat on the Boards for the Evangelical Church of the Deaf, the Ontario Mission of the Deaf and the Ontario Camp of the Deaf. He volunteered as a lay pastor to Deaf Churches in rural Ontario and taught American Sign Language to Deaf ESL students at the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf.

The family wishes to thank the staff at the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf in Toronto and the Bob Rumball Home for the Deaf in Barrie. Their care and attentiveness to Keith was deeply appreciated by his loving family.
A Celebration of Life will take place on Saturday November 17th at 3:30pm at the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf, 2395 Bayview Avenue, North York, Ontario.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Bob Rumball Camp of the Deaf through www.bobrumball.org