Brian O. Johnson

I worked with Brian for many years. Such a wonderful, kind hearted man. We would talk about our daughters and hunting. He will be deeply missed. My heart goes out to his family during this very difficult time. God Bless!

Dear Laurel, Mel, Lisa and family,
Our hearts are breaking for your loss of Brian. Know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. Brian is at peace now with the Lord, hopefully you will have some comfort in knowing that.
God be with all of you at this time of great need.

Ralph and Cathy Brinker and Family

I was fortunate enough to work with Brian and get to know him and remember how he talked about his family. My prayers are with his family. As with any loss this is difficult, take nothing for granted. I'll touch base with you on the opener Brian.

Words cannot express the loss that we all feel at this time. Brian's jokes and funny times made our working family so much more enjoyable. He will be deeply missed by me and the Gemini family. My heart and prayers go out to Brian's family and friends. God will heal our hearts.

I too had the great honor of working alongside Brian for many years. While I cannot even imagine how difficult this time is for your entire family and circle of friends, I hope you can take a little solace in knowing that Brian did an outstanding job here with his team and definitely played a key role in saving lives as a result of his efforts. But he was also so much more: he was an even better human being, teammate, friend and loving father. Godspeed Brian, you will be missed, until we all meet again.

Brian was an awesome coworker who became one of our best friends. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

Laurel and Family....
I know there are no words I can say that can make you feel better, but know that I am praying and thinking of you all the time. My prayers ask that you will eventually be at peace with Brian's passing, and cherish all your precious memories of him.

You will be missed. God bless

Mel, Laurel and Lisa,
I'm so very sorry for your family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May God provide comfort and eventually peace for your aching hearts.

My deepest condolences for Brian's family, I'm so sorry for your loss. I worked with Brian for many years. He was a wonderful person, I'm so glad I got to know him. He will definitely be missed.

I am having trouble trying to put into words my feelings for Brian's family, I have prayed and will continue to pray for God's loving care for each of you. I can only imagine the pain but please know that I care. With love, from Aunt Shirl.

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I'm praying that God will give you peace and comfort during this difficult time.

My deepest condolences for Brian's family. He was the greatest person I have worked with. He was very kind and respectful to everyone. A person to admire. He definitely missed

My heartfelt condolences to the Johnson family.
Brian was an amazing coworker and friend that I will miss dearly. Everyone that knew Brian is feeling the loss of this wonderful man. I am deeply heartbroken, and am reminded of the many memories I have of him. I will miss his adventurous lust for life, his kind heart, our great talks, and his smile that could light up a room.
I know how much he loved and cared for his family, especially his 4 daughters. I pray that you will find comfort during these darkest hours.
I will miss you Brian. Goodbye for now my friend!

Dixie Burrell

My deepest condolences to the Johnson Family, Brian was a quiet soft spoken man who I had the privedge of working with. He will be missed.

My prayers are with the Johnson family. Brian was such a GREAT guy. Salt of the earth. I pray his family finds comfort through all the great memories they have of him and peace through God.

My deepest sympathies to the Johnson family. Brian was a great and funny guy. Prayers to his family.

My deepest sympathies to the Johnson family. Brian was great person to work with, and always a kind word to everyone. He will be missed.

My sincere condolences to the Johnson Family. Brian was such a kind person to everyone he worked with. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Brian was a pleasure to be around and work with. Deepest sympathy.

Mel and Laurel
So sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Paul and Carol Necker

John and I are deeply saddened by the loss of our coworker and friend. I have known Brian for about 15 years. We have worked on a few projects together but even when we were not assigned to the same project, we spent many years on the same team. It's not the work tasks that made great memories, though. It was Brian's caring, friendly and fun-loving nature that drew people to him. He loved to give us all a laugh.

One of my first memories of Brian was from when I first started working at Autoliv; I can't remember why, but we had these squishy stress-reliever toys that were shaped like animals but the inside was filled with colored liquid. Brian was determined to find out just how much stress they could take before popping. He took one back to his desk and a few minutes later, came around the corner with an accomplished grin on his face. He had found his answer but had not accounted for a way to contain the purple liquid that squirted out after he managed to break the cover. It ended up all over his crisp, white dress shirt and cracked us all up, including himself.

One way Brian loved to make people smile was through his very creative clipart pictures. Nobody was immune to Brian's clipart masterpieces. If Brian ever said to you Hey, I need a picture of your face, you knew you were next on his list. I think the day he discovered the intranet location of every employee's badge pictures had to be one of his busiest! We have a Christmas tree for our little Side Airbag area and the majority of our ornaments are Brian's clipart, or imitations inspired by his style. Brian always got a kick out of reminiscing about old friends around that tree every year.

Brian had a knack for breaking tension and lightening the mood which is a wonderful skill in our industry. Beyond the jokes, though, Brian had a great heart too. When I first started working with him all those years ago, I remember him talking about Macy and Maggie just about every day. He talked about them both so much I couldn't remember which was which, until he told a story about how Maggie had eaten a diaper. Then it was clear, Maggie was his dog and Macy was his little princess. As the years passed and Leah, Lauren and Meryl were born, we heard stories of each of them as well. Everyone who knew Brian knew how much he loved his girls. A few months ago, when John and I told Brian that we are expecting our first child, we saw his eyes light up as he congratulated us and told us that there is nothing else like it in the world. Brian absolutely loved being a dad.

Brian's thoughtfulness and kindness was truly genuine. Every now and then, Brian would bring in a huge bowl of his famous venison chili for John. Not only did he bring the chili, he would bring in individually portioned and packaged toppings of cheese and onions to go with it. Just that extra effort he would put in made us feel special. I know many of our coworkers have similar stories of Brian's friendship and we will all miss him greatly.

Deepest sympathies on the loss of a great man.