Linda Peace Johnson 

Linda joined God#s angels on April 3rd after a hard fought battle with cancer. 
Linda was born April 11, 1955 in Hamilton, Montana of Jan and Earl Peace. 
After her childhood in Bozeman, MT, Linda received her B.S. in nursing from 
the Oregon Health Sciences University in 1977 and Master#s of Public Health 
with honors from John Hopkins University in 1987. Linda devoted her life to 
helping others at ICU units in Portland, OR; London, England; Umea, 
Sweden; and the Pediatric ICU at Children#s Hospital in Seattle. After bedside 
care, Linda devoted herself to medical research and nursing statistics with 
Franciscan Hospice and at Good Samaritan Hospital. Linda loved traveling, 
camping and climbing. She celebrated her parents 50th anniversary on the 
Oregon coast; climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania; and with family and friends 
at Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Squamish, B.C. and City of Rocks, ID. She also 
sky dived in WA and scuba dived in Hawaii. She will be dearly missed by her 
husband of 12 years, Jeff, her son Zachary and daughter Nanda Devi; parents 
Jan and Earl Peace of Bozeman, MT; sister and family, Karen, Dan, Kaye and 
Tracy Cheever of Beaverton, OR; parents-in-law Dot and Norm Johnson of 
Tacoma; and brother-in-law and family, Jerry, Debbie, Shavonne, Lauren and 
Matt Johnson of Edmonds, WA; as well as many, many friends. A celebration 
of Linda#s life will be held on Thursday, April 10th, 2:00 p.m. at the Shepherd 
of the Hill Presbyterian Church, 8401 112th St. E., Puyallup. In lieu of 
flowers, memorials may be made to the Franciscan Hospice, Children#s Grief 
Program, 1717 S. J St., Tacoma, WA 98405. Pub Date: 4/5/2003 
 
Tacoma News Tribune