Posted on December 10, 2020
| 9:38 a.m.
Source: Daniel Johnston
Alan Ripple Johnston
Alan Ripple Johnston passed away on Nov. 1, 2020 at the home of his daughter Julia, after final wishes and respects were paid by his loving family.
Alan was born in San Francisco on May 24, 1928 to Alan H. and Doris R. Johnston, both hard-working descendants of Midwest families, from whom he acquired a strong work ethic.
As a sixth-grader, Alan rode his bike to the town square every afternoon to meet the streetcar that carried the newspapers he would deliver that day.
When he was in middle school and high school, his parents promoted his interest in nature and the outdoors, by arranging for summer work at Lake Tahoe as a guide at a horse outfitting and packing ranch.