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Valanee Leona Johnson
12/11/1923 — 03/15/2002
From Richland, WA, US | Born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Valanee Leona Johnson
Valanee Leona Dabling Johnson- Obituary
Valanee Leona Dabling Johnson, 78, passed peacefully from this life on Friday, March 15, 2002, at Hospice House in Kennewick, Washington. She was surrounded by her family.
Valanee was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 11, 1923. She lived in Kennewick and has been a resident of the Tri-Cities since 1945.
She made a career out of being a loving homemaker, mother and nanna to many children whom she called her own.
Valanee loved children and sports. The joy she got from a good basketball game was beyond belief.
Family and friends will remember her generosity and laughter. Her love was continuously expressed through cards, gifts and always putting her concern for others above herself.
Valanee is survived by her brothers, Darrell Bud Dabling, and Thomas Vaughn Dabling; daughters, Valanee Eriksen, Lynn Burdett and her husband Larry Burdett; and her son, Steven Johnson; her grandchildren, Michelle, Kimberly, Lisa, Kristin, Jason and Erin, nine great-grandchildren and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Elma Leona Dabling and brother, Glenn L. Dabling.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30am, Tuesday,March 19, 2002, at Rest Haven Cemetery on Williams Blvd in Richland, Washington.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House.
Lynn, Steve & Valanee,
I am so sorry, this just happended too fast. She was so frail and sweet. It just does not seem fair. I want to tell you all how we felt about your mother. She is the kindest, most caring, loving, hard working, thoughtful, joyful, happy, positive person I knew. She loved life and her family. She always talked about all of you so much that I could stand back at her service and was able to put figure out who most of her grandchildren were just by her on going stories, all good. She told me how Val could write the poems and was the top of her class, then there was Lynnie, she always called you that, so will I. Lynnie with her accounting degree that just did not like it and ended up staying home because you had so much trouble with daycare. Steven, you would climb anything and got into everything. She sure did feel better just knowing you were coming home each night and she would not be alone.
My mother and grandmother have passed away and your mom filled a special place in my heart that had been left open. I miss her so much. She was always understanding and made my life a priority. She loved Gabriel with all her heart and the memories she left behind are many. She took weelky photos and daily notes. Yes, she handed me a piece of paper almost each day with their daily events. She said he loved her to sing Sweet Potatoe Pie when they ate, she sang to him when they ate. No wonder he would not nap for her. We would show up each day and her house would be re-arranged, a table full of snacks, and a room full of toys. She was waiting. Gabe is a handful then and today. He would not nap and wore her out. I said neither would I, she did not understand he loved her so much and could not wait to get there, he never cried even once when I left and did not want to leave. I do not know what we would have done without her. I am so thankful we were a part of her life and she a part of ours. I could go on for a long time but will leave at that. You all are in my prayers, thoughts and memories for ever. I still lay awake at night and think of her, what else could I have done? She is so special to me.
Love, Deana
Lynn, Steve & Valanee,
I am so sorry, this just happended too fast. She was so frail and sweet. It just does not seem fair. I want to tell you all how we felt about your mother. She is the kindest, most caring, loving, hard working, thoughtful, joyful, happy, positive person I knew. She loved life and her family. She always talked about all of you so much that I could stand back at her service and was able to put figure out who most of her grandchildren were just by her on going stories, all good. She told me how Val could write the poems and was the top of her class, then there was Lynnie, she always called you that, so will I. Lynnie with her accounting degree that just did not like it and ended up staying home because you had so much trouble with daycare. Steven, you would climb anything and got into everything. She sure did feel better just knowing you were coming home each night and she would not be alone.
My mother and grandmother have passed away and your mom filled a special place in my heart that had been left open. I miss her so much. She was always understanding and made my life a priority. She loved Gabriel with all her heart and the memories she left behind are many. She took weelky photos and daily notes. Yes, she handed me a piece of paper almost each day with their daily events. She said he loved her to sing Sweet Potatoe Pie when they ate, she sang to him when they ate. No wonder he would not nap for her. We would show up each day and her house would be re-arranged, a table full of snacks, and a room full of toys. She was waiting. Gabe is a handful then and today. He would not nap and wore her out. I said neither would I, she did not understand he loved her so much and could not wait to get there, he never cried even once when I left and did not want to leave. I do not know what we would have done without her. I am so thankful we were a part of her life and she a part of ours. I could go on for a long time but will leave at that. You all are in my prayers, thoughts and memories for ever. I still lay awake at night and think of her, what else could I have done? She is so special to me.
Love, Deana
Lynn,
I’m so sorry to hear about your mother, She’s in the arms of her father now.
My prayers are with you and your husband
Love and Prayers
Desiree
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