Wayne R. Johnson Jr.

Wayne R. Johnson Jr, 55, of Brigham City, Utah, passed away unexpectedly after heart surgery at Ogden Regional Hospital.

Wayne R. Johnson JR. was born July 30, 1969 in Ogden, Utah, to Wayne R. Johnson SR. and Janice L. Calton Johnson. He spent his childhood living in Layton, Utah, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Chubbock Idaho, Olney Illionis, and West Jordan, Utah. He graduated from West Jordan High School in 1988.

He worked at Huish Detergents where he met his sweetheart, Doralee Noffsinger. They had many early morning dates after their graveyard shifts. They were married on January 22, 1994 in West Jordan, Utah. They were sealed together for time and all eternity on February 25,1995 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together, they have 4 children and 4 grandchildren. They raised their family in Kearns, Utah, Taylorsville, Utah, and Brigham City, Utah.

Wayne was a hard worker, he spent his life taking things apart and putting things back together. Over the years, he worked on fixing cars, stereos, computers, and pretty much any electronic item he could get his hands on. He loved having the bass loud, if it didn’t shake the house it wasn’t loud enough.

He excelled at any place he worked. Including Huish, as a business Owner of Johnson Homeset, BenchMark Metal Fab., ConAgra, Gem Buildings, and Niagara Bottling, in many supervisory roles. He was well loved by those he worked with.

Family was important to Wayne. He would go out of his way to take care of anyone in his family. He moved his family up to Brigham City in 2005 to help open up BenchMark Metal Fab. which was the business his dad started. He was always the first person anyone in the family would call for help. Wayne loved bowling, shooting his gun, fast cars, video games, spending time with his kids and grandkids, going out to eat, Mountain Dew Spark or Baja Blast, Wild Cherry Pepsi, and Reese’s.

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he loved serving in the Primary and with the little nursery children.

He is Survived by his wife Doralee Johnson and children, Brandon (Lisa) Johnson, Megan (Tyler) Conley, Preston (Tyler) Johnson, and Colton Johnson. Grandchildren Idar, Jackson, Alexander, and Jenny Doralee. His father Wayne R. Johnson SR., brother Billy (Jenny) Johnson, and sister Jennie (Matthew) Peterson, and many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his mom Janice, and his sister Janet.

Viewings will be held on Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Gillies Funeral Home, 634 E 200 S, Brigham City, UT, and on Thursday, May 29th, 2025 from 9:00 -10:30 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building at 895 N 625 W, Brigham City, UT.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 29th, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building at 895 N 625 W, Brigham City, UT. A luncheon for friends & family will be held following the service at the church. 

He will be buried at Redwood Memorial at 3:30 p.m at 6500 S. Redwood Rd. West Jordan, UT.

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