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Celebrate Dan Johnson's Life with Us

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**Update 3**
Thank you all for the immense kindness you've all shown!! And another thank you to all that were able to attend the service. Your love, support and stories will be something for Yee to treasure always. Much love to you all, Brendan and May on Yee's behalf.

**Update 2**
We are beyond words for the generosity you have all shown in reaching the new goal!!!

**Update**
Thank you all so much for helping us reach our $10K goal!! Your love and support has exceed all expectations and beyond. One thing we didn't account for since Yee wasn't sure, is Dan's final resting place. In life he had expressed his wish to be cremated but not on a resting place so Yee will need to determine that. Anything that you give beyond will go for that and Yee's future.

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Dan Johnson (fka Dan Ireland) recently passed away on January 18. Survived by his daughter Yee. He graduated from Saint Paul Central Sr. High. He was very active in the martial arts community and studied with sensei John Meyer (The Rising Sun) who proceed him in death and with sifu Ray Hayward. Dan was also a proud Freemason. He was charismatic and was loved by many. He knew how to make people laugh and was a larger-than-life caricature at times.

His unexpected departure from life has been a surprised to us all. We are looking to send him off and celebrate his life in the coming week. His death was so sudden there was no provision made for his funeral. If anyone would kindly like to contribute, his daughter and family would be ever so grateful and thankful. If you prefer to make a contribution outside of GoFundMe, please reach out to Brendan Ireland or May Yang directly.

The funeral will be held Thursday January 30th at Washburn-McReavy Shoreview Funeral Chapel. Visitation will start at 10:00am, followed by the funeral service and a reception.

Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapel
515 HWY 96 W, Shoreview, MN 55126

During the reception, we would love it if those that knew Dan share a memory of him onto a scrapbook page. This will be provided at the reception. Photos would be amazing, please bring a copy for Yee if you can. We'll also have a small photo printer if needed. Our desire is to create a scrapbook of memories for Yee to have. If you are unable to attend but would like to include something in the book, please reach out to Brendan Ireland or May Yang so we can collect your stories and/or photos.

To share your stories, photos, messages or questions, you can email:
[email redacted] (Delete the added space in front of the @ before you send. GFM won't let us paste the full email. Brendan and May will monitor this email.)

From the bottom of our hearts, we kindly thank you for your love and support.
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Donations 

  • Claudia & Mike Wondra
    • $50
    • 6 d
  • Drake Mccreary
    • $150
    • 17 d
  • Mailee Lor
    • $50
    • 17 d
  • Kevin McMenomy
    • $100
    • 17 d
  • Anonymous
    • $50
    • 17 d
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Organizer and beneficiary

May Yang
Organizer
St. Paul, MN
Yee Ireland
Beneficiary

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