Marion "Ots" Johnson was my father in law. (I'm Brian Williams). He and his wife adopted my first wife Jodi some time after the death of her parents. Her mother was Ot's wife's sister. Ots was a very good mechanic. He had a large garage behind his home across from the Koerner airport in Kankakee, Il. in which he did many things. While I knew him he made things, repaired not only his own stuff but my stuff and others stuff as well. He could work on cars, motorcycles , backhoes, boilers, you name it. He owned property in Mo. which he had hoped to move to someday in his retirement and open a key making and blade sharpening shop, however time ran out and he never did move there although there was a cabin there to live in when they did go for a few weeks a year.
Before moving to Kankakee, they lived in Essex, Il. where he was fire chief for a time. Essex was his boyhood home and his father Charles lived there or with Ots until his death.
Ots and Verlettia had one son, Niel who died as a boy when struck by a truck while with his cousin. Ots kept some of Niels toys in the garage until the day he died. There was a picture of Niel on the living room wall in thier Kankakee home.
Ots was interested in Populism. He enjoyed playing cards with us and others. He liked to smoke unfiltered Camels and filtered generic menthol cigarettes. He wore bib overalls and was hard of hearing and so used a hearing aid.
Before moving to Kankakee, they lived in Essex, Il. where he was fire chief for a time. Essex was his boyhood home and his father Charles lived there or with Ots until his death.
Ots and Verlettia had one son, Niel who died as a boy when struck by a truck while with his cousin. Ots kept some of Niels toys in the garage until the day he died. There was a picture of Niel on the living room wall in thier Kankakee home.
Ots was interested in Populism. He enjoyed playing cards with us and others. He liked to smoke unfiltered Camels and filtered generic menthol cigarettes. He wore bib overalls and was hard of hearing and so used a hearing aid.
Marion "Ots" Johnson was my father in law. (I'm Brian Williams). He and his wife adopted my first wife Jodi some time after the death of her parents. Her mother was Ot's wife's sister. Ots was a very good mechanic. He had a large garage behind his home across from the Koerner airport in Kankakee, Il. in which he did many things. While I knew him he made things, repaired not only his own stuff but my stuff and others stuff as well. He could work on cars, motorcycles , backhoes, boilers, you name it. He owned property in Mo. which he had hoped to move to someday in his retirement and open a key making and blade sharpening shop, however time ran out and he never did move there although there was a cabin there to live in when they did go for a few weeks a year.
Before moving to Kankakee, they lived in Essex, Il. where he was fire chief for a time. Essex was his boyhood home and his father Charles lived there or with Ots until his death.
Ots and Verlettia had one son, Niel who died as a boy when struck by a truck while with his cousin. Ots kept some of Niels toys in the garage until the day he died. There was a picture of Niel on the living room wall in thier Kankakee home.
Ots was interested in Populism. He enjoyed playing cards with us and others. He liked to smoke unfiltered Camels and filtered generic menthol cigarettes. He wore bib overalls and was hard of hearing and so used a hearing aid.
Before moving to Kankakee, they lived in Essex, Il. where he was fire chief for a time. Essex was his boyhood home and his father Charles lived there or with Ots until his death.
Ots and Verlettia had one son, Niel who died as a boy when struck by a truck while with his cousin. Ots kept some of Niels toys in the garage until the day he died. There was a picture of Niel on the living room wall in thier Kankakee home.
Ots was interested in Populism. He enjoyed playing cards with us and others. He liked to smoke unfiltered Camels and filtered generic menthol cigarettes. He wore bib overalls and was hard of hearing and so used a hearing aid.
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