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Memorials

No. Vol. 44 No. 4 Pg. 42

Wyoming Bar Journal

August, 2021

Harry Roy "H.R." Johnston

H.R. Johnston, a cantankerous but loving father, friend, and businessman, died Friday June 4, 2021, at his home in Douglas. He was 79.

He was born on Tuesday, April 28, 1942, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to parents Harry and Rachel Johnston. They lived on a small farm until 1947 when they relocated to Douglas, Wyoming. After graduating from Douglas High School, H.R. attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, graduating with a degree in Economics in 1964. He went on to the University of Wyoming College of Law where he graduated with honors in 1967.

H.R. earned plenty of accolades, including winning his third-grade spelling bee, not to mention being a baseball, football and horseshoe champion at various stages of life. For many years, H.R. operated a portable toilet business. He had his 15-minutes—or perhaps 2 ½ minutes—of fame, when one of them was featured in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

H.R spent many years living between Denver and Douglas. In 1984, He moved to Douglas permanently and joined his father at Johnston Realty, which has been family-owned since 1958.

He served on the Douglas City Council, was President of the Douglas Community Club, and served as President of F.A.I.R., Inc. (a non-profit organization promoting the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas). He considered Wyoming the only logical and...