Kevin Robert Johnson.(DEATHS) From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: May 6, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Worcester Telegram & Gazette. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

FITCHBURG Kevin Robert Johnson, 58, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Saturday, May 3, at UMass hospital in Worcester, after a courageous battle with a long illness.

He was born on May 22, 1949 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to Robert Ellstrom Johnson and Martha Margaret (Jones) Johnson. During his childhood, Kevin resided on Flat Hill Road in Lunenburg, in the family home built by his father.

Kevin graduated from Lunenburg High School in 1967, and ther...

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