Graveside service with military honors for Dean Bruce Johnson will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2025, at Fort Sill National Cemetery, 2648 NE Jake Dunn Road, Elgin, Oklahoma.

Services are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Dean Bruce Johnson, 88, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, October 12, 2025. Dean was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Phillip Bernhard Johnson and Doris L. (Dean) Johnson on September 12, 1937. A proud graduate of Classical High School and Providence College. He then earned his Master's Degree in History with a certification in the Soviet Institute from Niagara University.

He was married on December 26, 1959, to Lillian K. (Norton) Johnson, the couple started their military years in Ascaffenburg, Germany.

Dean was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Regular U.S. Army and qualified as an Airborne, Ranger, and Green Beret Special Forces soldier. He completed two tours of duty in Vietnam and received three Bronze Stars for his service, along with numerous other awards and decorations during his military career and his subsequent Civil Service career at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Retiring with 44 years of combined service.

Dean and Lillian had an antique and resale booth, GEMS, at Butterfield's of Duncan, for 20 years. They treasured their many customers, fellow collectors, Rick and the Butterfield Family.

Dean is survived by his wife, Lillian, daughter, Elizabeth Ressel (Greg), sons, Tim, Michael (Diann) and Ben Johnson (Shelly Murphy), six grandchildren, Kyle, Cody, and Tanner Ressel, Carly Johnson Sweat (Gabe), Wyatt Johnson (Jessi), Evan Johnson and two great grandchildren, Cleo and Kypton Ressel. Also, his sister Sue Ann Parkins (Charles R.), niece, Lisa Toth (Joe), and nephew, Lee Parkins (Janine), and many great nieces and nephews, and beloved cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Charles R. Perkins.

His favorite charities were the Wounded Warriors Project and St. Jude Children's Hospital.

An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com