Thomas Arthur Johnson

Thomas Arthur Johnson Sr., 75, of North Apollo, passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at Forbes Regional Hospital, in Monroeville, surrounded by his loving family.  He was born on Wednesday, November 24, 1948, in Wilkinsburg, Pa, the son of the late Lloyd Clair and Evelyn Jane Boyd (Drake) Johnson.  He was a member of the Murrysville Alliance Church.   He enjoyed camping, time spent with family and loved his dogs, Tikka and Taffy.  He will always be remembered for his great sense of humor and his “jokester” personality.  Thomas graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1966, upon graduation, he went to serve in the United States Army from 1967 to 1970, where he was a CH-34 helicopter mechanic, stationed in Germany.  He achieved the rank of SPEC 5.  Before his retirement, he was employed by Acro Tool and Die in Murrysville as a machine operator.  He is survived by his wife, Sherry Louise Barnett Johnson, who he married on July 26, 1986 in Penn Hills and spent the last 37 years with, a daughter Michelle Marusko and her husband, Donald, of Shrewsberry, a son, Thomas Johnson and his wife, Amanda, of Brownsville, and daughter, Denise Bauer and her husband, John, of Latrobe, 8 grandchildren; Alexandra, Sidney and Gabriel Marusko, of Shrewsberry, Alaina and Arianna Johnson of Brownsville and Tyler, Nicholas and Oliva Bauer of Latrobe, his sister, Suzanne Hartman and her husband, Andrew, of New Braunfels, Texas and numerous nieces and nephews.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Clair.  Memorial services will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church in Murrysville, 3202 North Hills Road, Murrysville, PA  15668.

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