Jedidiah G. Johnson
January 5, 1987 – June 5, 2025
Jedidiah Gatlin Johnson, age 38, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on June 5, 2025, at Nebraska Medicine ICU in Omaha, NE.
Jed was born on January 5, 1987, on Long Island, NY. When he was just a toddler, his family moved to the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. It was there that Jed found his love for nature, wildlife, fishing, and hunting. Jed loved to be outdoors, enjoying picnics in the park and at the lake with family and friends. He taught his nephews, their friends, and his step-son how to fish.
Most importantly, during their time fishing together, Jed instilled his patience, compassion, love and extraordinary values to his favorite young people.
Jed also had a love for the game Dungeons and Dragons. A proud nerd, it was more about the relationships he built playing his game than the actual game itself.
Jed had love to spare and took every opportunity to share it with everyone he could. Whether it was helping fix a car, lending an ear, or being a shoulder to cry on, Jed was there. The only quality which matched the size of his heart was his sense of humor. Regardless of the situation, place, or time, he had an innate ability to make people laugh. His larger than life personality and “shirt off his back” nature is why Jed isn’t just survived by his family, but also by the the lasting mark and memories he imparted on nearly everyone who met him and called him friend. If you were a friend of Jed’s, you were family.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Henry and Elthea Zwicker and Charles and Geraldine Johnson.
Grateful to have shared his life are his parents, Lawrence & LuAnn Johnson; his partner, Alisha Eley; step-son, Steven Eley; sister, Jessica (Ted) Buckley; brother, BoDean (Linda) Johnson; nephews: Caleb and Blake Buckley, Kaeden Nohava-Johnson, and Oliver Johnson; niece, Ava Wendt; as well as his aunts, uncles, cousins, great-nieces, many amazing friends; and last but not least his beloved dog, Calamity Jane.
A Celebration of Jed’s Life will be held on June 29, 2025, at 2pm at the Comfort Suites Convention Center in Rapid City, SD.
In lieu of flowers please send donations in Jed’s honor to the Black Hills Raptor Center.
Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler, West Center Chapel, 7805 West Center Road, Omaha, Ne 68124. (402)-391-3900. www.heafeyheafey.com
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We will always love you uncle Jed, your memory won’t be forgotten, the things you did for me and everyone in your life made the most incredible difference and we will always love and miss you
Rest in Peace our son.
The world lost a beacon…but his light will last a lifetime..never forget that. To my Johnson family..we are with you, just as he is.
Our hearts go out to you all for the loss of Jed. There are no words to take away the pain but please know you are in our thoughts and prayers. So sorry we can’t make it in person to his celebration of life but we will be watching online. Sending love and hugs.
My family was gathered last night sharing stories of Jed and the impact he had on each one of our lives and the lives of so many others. In reading through the many Facebook posts, you can truly see the knack Jed had for making whomever was in front of them feel like the most important person in the room. He seems as though he was truly the “best” friend for everyone that had the honor to know him. A special man who left a larger then life impact on this world and will be profoundly missed. Sending love to all those feeling this loss.
Prayers n thoughts with family n Friend’s
Jed, you were my rock, always bringing joy and warmth with your laughter and heart. I’ll miss you forever, my friend. Rest in peace. Love, Codi
Rest easy uncle jed much love and we all will miss you tons nothing you did will be forgotten
Oh Jed the times do fly by. We grew up so close and then life drifted us apart. I’ll never forget what you did for me when I needed a shoulder to cry on. Your laugh and smile will be greatly missed. Just the other day I drove past where your apartment was by the school of mines, memories flooded my head then I wake up to see this and it hit me I’ll only have the memories. Playing board games at your parents house as kids. When your parents loan their truck to my family and always you were the one that got me into loving dragons. I’ll miss you my friend. It’s never good bye just see you later!
My heart aches to learn about your son’s recent passing. His memory will live on in the stories you share and the love he brought to your lives.”
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