Dane Lamont Johnson was born May 29, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. After moving to Hudson, Massachusetts in 1975, Dane attended Hudson High School (Class of 1977) where he played football and was a shot putter for the track team. He began working for Digital Equipment Corporation in 1979 and through many corporate changes, he remained loyal and worked his way up to become Third Party Logistics Manager at the Intel Corporation in Massachusetts. Dane's favorite activities were cooking, fishing and visiting Disney World. He also enjoyed attending Nascar races, particularly with Joe and George. Dane loved children. He volunteered with the Girls and Boys Club Metro-West and the Children's Special Olympics. For the past six years, Dane shared his life with Heidemarie whom he recently asked to marry him. They shared many good times and made wonderful memories. Dane departed life on April 18, 2011, after a brief illness. Dane has gone fishing. Dane is survived by his parents, Tyrone Johnson of Albuquerque, NM and Willia Dean Johnson of Goodyear, AZ; his fiancé Heidemarie Riendeau, his son David Cardona of Framingham, MA; his sister Lela Johnson and her husband Ronald Harper of Lisle, IL, his former wife, Margarita Johnson of Clinton, MA, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Last Request Please do not say that I gave up, just that I gave in. I fought a good fight. Please do not say how good I was, but that I did my best. Just say I tried to do what was right, to give the most I could, because I could do no less. Don't just remember all the good times, but remember the bad, for life is full of many things, some happy and some sad. Don't think this is the end of me, sing joyful praises to the skies because my pain has ended and my soul has been set free. In this state of heavenly peace where I now claim my life's reward, where tears, pain and sorrows cease, here, face to face beside my Lord.