William Carl Johanson

July 30, 1940 - March 2, 2018

William C. Johanson, 77, passed away March 2, 2018 in Orem, Utah. He was born July 30, 1940, in Grantsville, Utah. His parents were Reed and Lottie Johanson. He attended school in Grantsville, graduating from Grantsville High School in 1958. He attended Utah State University graduating with a BS in history and secondary education in 1966. Also during this time, he served a 2 ½ year mission for the LDS Church in Brazil. He married Ila Anderson in 1964 in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of 12 children and the grandparents of 54 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. His career was in teaching where he taught mostly English in high school and junior high school. He taught in several school districts including Box Elder; Tooele; Clark County, NV; and Alpine. While teaching in Grantsville for eight years, he was president of the Tooele Education Association and the first president of the Bonneville Uniserv Unit. He left Grantsville to work on a degree at BYU. While there he taught Classical Mythology and first year Latin classes as a graduate assistant. After teaching one year in Las Vegas, NV, his family moved to Lindon, UT, where he has lived for the last 38 years. He retired from Alpine School District in 1999. He wrote an online grammar class called Daily Grammar that people could use for free, and his lessons have been published. While living in Lindon, he served as a city councilman for four years and a member of the city planning commission for ten years. He also served as a bishop of the Lindon Fifth Ward. He served for six years as an at-large board member of the North Point Solid Waste District which served northern Utah County. He was manager of the Johawc Apartments in Grantsville for 15 years. He and his wife served an 18-month mission for the LDS Church in Independence, MO in 2006-07. They served in the Independence Visitors Center. Upon returning to Lindon, he and his wife served for three years as hosts at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. When he was 70 years old, he sold the Grantsville apartments. With the money he received from the sale of the apartments, he bought a 181-acre farm near Chilhowee, MO which he leases to a local farmer. He and his wife served in the Provo Transient Service office for 18 months. He is survived by his loving wife, Ila Johanson; children, Carl (Claudia), Becky (Rulon) VanDyke, Pam (Jay) Mills, Terri (Tim) Mason, Paul (Mijken), Ann (Chris) Bernhardt, Boyd (Angelica), Will (Are’), Jim (Amber), Jeff (Erika), Barbara Beasley, Jeanne (Jesse) Wilkinson; sister, Marilyn Candeleria; brother, Ken Johanson. He is preceded in death by his sister, Elaine and his son-in-law, Mark Beasley. A Viewing will be held Friday, March 9th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Lindon 18th Ward Chapel, 250 West 600 South, Lindon, Utah. Funeral Services will also be held at the Chapel on Saturday, March 10th at 11:00 am with a Viewing held prior to services from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Interment in Grantsville City Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.