Craig Hamilton Johnson

Craig Hamilton Johnson, the son of Nels and Irene (Scobba) Johnson, was born on June 17, 1949 in Lewiston, Idaho. He died at the age of 72 years, after a battle with leukemia on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at the Maryhill Manor in Enderlin, North Dakota. Craig was born in Idaho and grew up on the family farm. After completing his education, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 12, 1968. After bravely serving two tours in Vietnam he was honorably discharged on October 11, 1974 and ended his military service at Ft. Lewis in Washington State. His future careers would include working at the Olympia Brewing Company in Olympia, WA, Marin Outdoors in Santa Rosa, CA, and driving for John’s Transport until an injury forced him into retirement. Craig’s daughter Laura was born in 1973 while he was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany and his daughter Melissa followed shortly thereafter in 1975 and born in Olympia, Washington. He was a very proud father of his girls and focused the last several months of his life around loving on them and all those around him. Craig’s light shined bright and he was known to all as a very positive man. His legacy will be the influential role he played in so many lives as he was committed to lifting people up which was one of his very special gifts from God. He will be greatly missed. Craig is survived by his daughters, Laura Marie Gilvary and Melissa Louise Woodburn, all of Palm Coast, Florida; grandsons, Nathan Higgins, Jr., Jack and Ryan Gilvary; siblings, Judith Larsen, Jerry Willson, Art Bakken, Nels Sneve, Susan Folk Oyen, Irene (Pam) Koethke and Gary Folk; his Rugby neighbors, who became his family, Jeff, Brenda, Brady and Riley Olsen; extended family Cheryl Baker Harmel and Mike Nichols; nieces, nephews; other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by Jerald Johnson, Jerome Johnson, Jack Willson, Lonnie Odegaard and Janet Johnson. Celebration of Life with full military honors will be held on Friday May 27th from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at Dakota Farms in Rugby.