JOHNSON, LEAIRD

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Marin Independent Journal
Wednesday, June 12, 1985

PETER JOHNSON JR.

The funeral for Peter Johnson Jr. of San Rafael, general manager of Redwood Inspection Service in Mill Valley, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Church of the Nativity in Marinwood.

Mr. Johnson, 61, died Sunday of a heart attack while attending a convention at a San Jose hotel. He had been a resident of San Rafael for 23 years.

Since 1976, he headed Redwood Inspection Service, a grading and quality control agency in the redwood industry. He was a wood technologist and had served for many years as technical manager of the California Redwood Association.

He was a graduate of the University of Washington. During World War II, Mr. Johnson served as a carrier-based pilot for the Navy.

Mr. Johnson was active in many redwood and timber industry organizations. He was a past chairman of the National Forest Products Association Technical Advisory Committee and was representative to the American Standards Committees.

For many years he served as treasurer of the Forest Products Research Society and was a member of the Cooling Tower Institute.

Survivors are his wife, Vivian Johnson of San Rafael; a daughter, Kathleen Leaird of Sacramento; three sons, Steven Johnson of Santa Rosa, Daniel Johnson of Cobb, Lake County, and James Johnson of San Rafael; and two grandchildren.

Inurnment will be at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael. The family prefers contributions to the Arthritis Foundation, 1010 Lootens Place, San Rafael, 94901.