Donna Rae Cleveland Johnson passed away Dec. 16, 2023. She was born Aug. 6, 1958, in Encino, California, to Donald Ray Cleveland and Shirley Johnson Cleveland.
Growing up, Donna lived in several places including Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Daly City, California, eventually ending up in Tooele, Utah.
Donna attended Tooele High School, West High School, and graduated from Kearns High School in 1977. She received her bachelors degree from Dixie State College and masters degree in education from Western Governors University.
Donna married Randy Wayne Johnson Dec. 16, 1988, in the Salt Lake Temple.
Donna loved to teach and help people believe in themselves. She taught elementary school in Beaver Dam, Arizona, Granite School District, and then worked as a regular substitute teacher for Tooele County School District. Donna also worked for Americorp. She found it very rewarding to work with special needs people, several of whom she taught to read and write. She was a special person to a lot of special people. In her free time, she enjoyed drawing and painting. Donna had a special bond and was very proud of her niece Sage, tutoring her from a young age. Sage is now attending college and pursuing an engineering degree.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents Donald Ray Cleveland and Shirley Johnson Cleveland; husband Randy Wayne Johnson, and brother Donald Cleveland (Jr).
She is survived by Jeanine (James) Park, Joanne Cleveland, Jim (Eileen) Cleveland, Allie (Kim) Deuel, father- and mother-in-law Wayne and Pat Johnson, Mark (Joan) Johnson, Vicki (Terry) Riedel, Karen (Jerry) Richards, Donald Johnson, as well as several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Services will be held at 11 a.m, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at Didericksen Mortuary, 87 W. Main St., Grantsville, Utah. Interment will be at 1 p.m, at Memorial Mountain View Cemetery, 3115 E. Bengal Blvd. (7800 South), Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
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