Leon answered the Lord's abrupt call on Saturday morning, December 3rd, 2011 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, at the age of 78. He was born in Luther, Oklahoma, to Monroe Johnson and Gladys Dulan on November 26th, 1933. Leon graduated from Washington High School, Class of 1952, and joined the Air Force in that same year. During his 21 years in the Air Force, Leon was stationed at, or had temporary duty at, Lackland and Carswell Air Force Base (AFB) in Texas, March AFB in California, Elmendorf AFB in Alaska, and Scott AFB in Illinois. Leon also got to see the world during his enlistment with deployments to: Royal Air Force stations at Lakenheath and Mildenhall, England, where he met his wife, Irene Cowen (married August 7th, 1958); Clark AFB in the Philippines; and Thule Air Base in Greenland. Leon retired in 1973 as a Technical Sergeant with Top Secret clearance. Upon returning to Midwest City, Oklahoma, to care for his mother, Leon worked at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Oklahoma City, in property management, for 27 years before retiring in 2000. In addition to his official job with the VAMC, Leon was an expert at navigating bureaucratic red-tape and assisted many fellow veterans with the processing of their benefit forms. Leon was a long time member of the Church of the Redeemer in Oklahoma City, where he was a lay reader for many years. Leon was also member of the Prince Hall Affiliated Masonic brotherhood. He was a member and Past Master of Bright Day Lodge #165, in Arcadia, and the Great Western Consistory #34, in Oklahoma City. Leon became a 33rd degree Mason in 1985 and served as the Keeper of the Seal and Archives of the Oklahoma Council of Deliberation for 8 years. Leon was an avid historian and in his retirement years, he completed a thorough family history, recording the lineages of the Dulan/Doolin family line from its Irish roots in the 1820s, through an 1895 homestead in Oklahoma Territory, until today. Leon was preceded into the Lord's grace by his parents, two sisters, Alvena Irving & Fern Johnson, and his wife of 52 years, Irene. Leon is survived by his sister, Anna Faye Overstreet, two brothers, Lawrence & Vernon Johnson, his son, Peter C. Johnson, two grandchildren, Anthony C. Johnson & Jenessa Bayliss, one great-grandchild, Elora Johnson, and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.