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Timothy Lear Johnson

POLSON — Timothy Lear Johnson, beloved son, brother, cousin, nephew and friend, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in Missoula, Montana. A resident of Missoula, he was 45. His family and friends knew Tim as a claymation animator, master of the creative thinking word “Po,” extremely generous (presents from Uncle Tim were always the first to be opened under the Xmas tree), comic book creator, philosopher, artist, Pee Wee Herman’s Playhouse fan, and music lover. Anyone who met Tim could not help but be touched by his kind, gentle spirit. Tim was one of the rare people you meet who was truly nice, always, without exception. Tim and his brothers, Marc and Damon, spent many happy hours together laughing from childhood through adulthood, sharing an unusual sense of humor and joy in being together.

A first descendant of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Tim was born at Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, on April 22, 1967. He grew up in Polson and Anchorage, where he graduated from Bartlett High School with honors. Tim studied electrical engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Tim moved back to Montana in 1990 and made Missoula his home. Tim is survived by his mother Kay Dubay Johnson of Polson and his father and stepmother Gene and Inger Johnson of Polson. He leaves his older brother Marc Johnson of Kenai, Alaska; stepsisters Julie Daniel of Polson, and Karen Borring of Denmark; his mother’s twin sister Carol Dubay of Anchorage and her children Nikos and Melina Pastos, Chris and Andrea Okland, and Nicolette and Zara Pastos all of Anchorage; aunt Rene Dubay; cousins Jenaya, Maurita, Michaela, Sheri and Sheryl; uncle Chester Johnson of Missoula; and Lillian Stephenson, Helen McClellan and Ron McClellan, Larry Myers, and Janice Myers, all of Polson; and Gloria and Ed Violette of Boulder, Colo.

Preceding him in death were his brother Damon (Johnson) Ziemin; his paternal grandparents Marie Johnson and Carl Johnson of Polson; maternal grandparents Abraham Dubay and Marion Dubay Pariseau; step-grandfather Patrick Pariseau; aunt and uncle Elaine and Kendal Forman; and first cousins Kevin and Ferin Forman all of Polson. Funeral services include: a viewing at Grogan Funeral Home on Friday, June 29, from 4 – 8 p.m., a funeral service on Saturday, June 30, at 2 p.m. at the Salish-Kootenai Senior Citizens Center in Polson to be followed by a reception at 4:30 p.m. at the Polson Senior Center and a multi-day remembrance on family lands on Flathead Lake.

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