Bruce Gordon Johnson

Albany~BRUCE GORDON JOHNSON WAS BORN IN ALBANY, NY ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1947. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE LOUIS A. JOHNSON AND FANNIE J. JOHNSON OF SCHODACK LANDING, NY. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 19, 2021 AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE BY HIS BEDSIDE.

AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM ICHABOD CRANE HIGH SCHOOL HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY WHERE HE SERVED FOR 4 YEARS INCLUDING GOING TO VIETNAM TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY.BRUCE SERVED AS AN ALBANY POLICE DETECTIVE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS UNTIL HIS EARLY DISABILITY RETIREMENT.

HE WAS AN AVID BASS FISHERMAN. HE LOVED CAMPING,HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS; TENNIS, SKIING, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL. HE LOVED TO TRAVEL.
HE JUST LOVED LIFE.HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS LOVING WIFE SHIRLEY JOHNSON OF 53 YEARS. HE ALSO LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS TWO SONS, COREY JOHNSON AND DAMEN JOHNSON AND HIS PRECIOUS GRANDAUGHTERS DEANNA JOHNSON AND JENETTE JOHNSON WHO ENJOYED EVERY CHANCE TO BE WITH THEM.
HE ALSO LEAVES TO MOURN HIS SISTER NILA CARTER JOHNSON, 3 FOSTER SISTERS LISA JOHNSON, JOSEPHINE MULLINS, AND AUDREY JOHNSON, AND 1 FOSTER BROTHER, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON. HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, CATHERINE MOORE OF SCHENECTADY NY AND BROTHER-IN-LAW PAUL SHOULTZ AND WIFE DONNA DORSEY OF WATERVLIET NY, SISTER-IN-LAW RUTHIE SHOULTZ OF TENNESSEE. UNCLE BOB (ROBERT) HYMES OF GA. AND A HUGE HOST OF COUSINS, NEICES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.