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Don Johns

December 31, 1963 — March 23, 2008

Don D. “D.J.” Johns, age 44, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Three Rivers Community Hospital.

A visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.

Private services will be held.

Remembrances may be made to the Boys & Girls Club of the Rogue Valley, 203 SE 9th Street, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526.

Don was born December 31, 1963 in Grants Pass to Joanne & Virl Johns. He was raised in Grants Pass and in 1982 graduated from North Valley High School. He worked for OK Corral for ten years including being a chef there. On November 23, 1985 in Reno, Nevada he married Dottie Starns. For 24 years he worked in the timber industry including in millwork at Pottsville, as a timber faller, and as owner/operator of Sandpoint Cutters, Inc in Sandpoint, Idaho for 15 years. In 1991 he moved to Idaho and in 2007 moved part-time to Gold Beach.

His hobbies included working as a mechanic on top fuel dragsters including Don Sosenka’s dragster, Mr. Magoo; playing pool; riding dirt bikes and 4-wheelers; RV traveling; following the drag racing circuit; hunting; and floating the Rogue River.

Survivors include his wife, Dottie Johns of Gold Beach and Sandpoint, Idaho; a stepdaughter, Lynn Byrns Harpe of Sandpoint, Idaho; three stepsons, Danny Byrns Jr of Reno, Nevada, Gerald Byrns of Pendleton, and Clint “Buddy” Byrns of Grants Pass; his parents, Joanne & Virl Johns of Grants Pass; three sisters, Cindy Johns-Drake of Grants Pass, Cathy Johns-Day of Grants Pass, and Cristy Peters of Rogue River; a grandson; and many uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews.

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